Further information about She Also Wrote Plays: an International Guide to Women Playwrights from the 10th to the 21st Century by Susan Croft (Faber & Faber, 2001)
The book gives critical entries looking at the work of nearly 400 women playwrights (names listed below) between c935 and 2001, writing in or translated into English, representing 35 different countries. It also includes lengthy bibliographies of anthologies, of critical works on the subject, and a list of other resources. Susan has a also compiled a detailed Index of plays by theme, ranging from women in sport to plays on workers’ struggles to performance art to LQBTQ themes. For further information, email contact@unfinishedhistories.com
Playwrights given entries are:
ACKER, Kathy,
ACKERMAN Marianne
ADSHEAD, Kay,
AGUIRRE, Isidora
AIDOO, Ama Ata
AKALAITIS, Joanne
AKINS, Zoe,
ALVAREZ, Lynne,
ANAGONOSTAKI, Loula
THE ANNA PROJECT
ANDERSON, Laurie,
ARCHER, Robyn,
ARDEN, Jane,
ARONSON, Linda,
ATLAN, Liliane,
AUSTEN, Jane,
AUSTIN, Mary,
BAGNOLD, Enid,
BAILLIE, Joanna
BAKER, Elizabeth
BARNES, Charlotte
BARNES, Djuna,
BATEMAN, Sydney
BEATON, Hilary,
BEHN, Aphra
BELLON, Loleh
BENBOW, Helen
BENMUSSA, Simone
BENSUSAN, Inez
BETSKO, Kathleen,
BETTS, Jean,
BLAIS, Marie Claire,
BLAKEMAN, Helen,
BOESING, Martha,
BOLAND, Bridget
BOLT, Carol,
BOOTHE LUCE, Clare
BORNSTEIN, Kate
BOWLES, Jane,
BOX, Muriel
BOYCE, Neith,
BRADDON, Mary Elizabeth
BRAND, Mona
BROOKS, Vanessa
BROWN, Riwia,
BUFFINI, Moira,
BURNEY, Fanny
CARLOS, Laurie
CARR, Marina
CARRINGTON, Leonora,
CARSON, Jo,
CARTER, Angela
CARY, Elizabeth
CAVENDISH, Margaret
CENTLIVRE, Susannah
CHAMBERS, Jane,
CHASE, Mary,
CHILDRESS, Alice,
CHRISTIE, Agatha
CHURCHILL, Caryl,
CIXOUS, Helene
CLARKE, Doreen
CLEAGE, Pearl,
CLOUD, Darrah,
COMDEN, Betty,
COMPTON, Jennifer,
CONGDEN, Constance,
COOKE, Trish
CORNELIUS, Patricia
COWAN, Sada,
COWLEY, Hannah
COXON, Lucinda
CROTHERS, Rachel,
CRUZ, Migdalia
CRYER, Gretchen (and Nancy FORD)
CURRAN, Colleen,
CUSACK, Dymphna
CUSHING, Eliza Lansford
DANE, Clemence (Winifred ASHTON)
DANIELS, Sarah,
D’ARCY, Margaretta,
DAVIOT, Gordon
DE ANGELIS, April,
DEEGAN, Denise,
DEEVY, Teresa,
DE GROEN, Alma,
DELANEY, Shelagh,
DEVANNY, Jean,
DEVEAUX, Alexis,
DEVI, Ghosal Svarnakumari
DEVI, Mahasweta
DEVLIN, Anne,
DIKE, Fatima
DOUGLAS JOHNSON, Georgia,
DOVE, Rita,
DOWIE, Clare,
DRAKE-BROCKMAN, Henrietta
DREHER, Sarah
DREXLER, Rosalyn,
DUFFY, Maureen,
DU MAURIER, Daphne,
DUNBAR, Andrea,
DUNN, Nell,
DURAS, Marguerite
EDGEWORTH, Maria
EDMUNDSON, Helen,
EDSON, Margaret
ENGLISH, Rose,
EPHRON, Phoebe
EVARISTI, Marcella
FARRELL, M.J. (Mollie Keane)
FERBER, Edna,
“FIELD, Michael ”
FINLEY, Karen,
FLANAGAN, Hallie
FLEISSER, Marieluise
FORNES, Maria Irene,
FORSTER, Michelanne
FRANKEN, Rose
FRANKLIN, J.E. (Jennie Elizabeth),
FRANKLIN, “Miles” Stella
FRINGS, Ketti,
FRUMIN, Sue
GALE, Zona,
GALLAGHER, Miriam
GALLAIRE, Fatima
GAMBARO, Griselda
GANNON, Lucy,
GARPE, Margarete
GARSON, Barbara
GAY SWEATSHOP (Women’s Group)
GEE, Shirley,
GEMS, Pam,
GERSTENBERG, Alice,
GILMAN, Rebecca,
GIPPIUS, Zinaida
GLASPELL, Susan,
GLASS, Joanna,
GLOVER, Sue,
GOLDEMBERG, Rose Leiman,
GORDON, Ruth
GOWAN, Elsie Park, Br
GRAY, Oriel
GREER, Bonnie,
GREGORY, Augusta
GRIFFIN, Susan,
GRIFFITHS, Linda
GRIMKE, Angeline Weld
GUPTA, Tanika
HAGEDORN, Jessica
HAMILTON, Cicely
HANGER, Eunice,
HANSBERRY, Lorraine
HARRIS, Zinnie,
HAYES, Catherine,
HAYWOOD, Eliza
HEBERT, Anne,
HELLMAN, Lillian,
HENLEY, Beth,
HERZBERG, Judith
HEWETT, Dorothy
HEYWARD, Dorothy,
“HOBBES, John Oliver”
HOLDEN, Joan,
HOLLINGSWORTH, Margaret,
HOPE, Karen
HORSFIELD, Debbie,
HOUSTON, Velina Hasu
HOWE, Tina,
HROTSWITHA of Gandesheim
HUGHES, Holly,
HURSTON, Zora NEALE,
INCHBALD, Elizabeth
ISITT, Debbie
JACKER, Corinne,
JELINEK, Elfriede
JELLICOE, Ann,
JENNINGS, Gertrude,
JOHNSON, Eva,
JOHNSON, Catherine,
JOHNSON, Judith,
JOHNSTON, Jennifer,
JONES, Marie,
JONES, Stephanie
JOUDRY, Patricia
KAINY, Miriam
KANE, Sarah,
KAUR, Manjitpal,
KAY, Jackie,
KEATLEY, Charlotte,
KEMBLE, Fanny
KEMP, Jenny
KENNEDY, Adrienne,
KENNEDY, Margaret,
KERR, Jean,
KESSELMAN, Wendy,
KON, Stella
KUMMER, Clare,
LABERGE, Marie,
LAMB, Myrna,
LASKER-SCHULER, Elsa,
LASKI, Marghanita,
LAVERY, Bryony,
LAWRENCE, Maureen
LEARNER, Tobsha
LESSING, Doris,
LETTE, Kathy
LEVY, Deborah
LILL, Wendy,
LINDEN, Sonia,
LIPKIN, Joan
LITTLEWOOD, Joan,
LOCHHEAD, Liz,
LONGFORD, Christina Countess
LOOS, Anita,
LOVEID, Cecelie
LUBKIEWICZ, Teresa
LUCKHAM, Claire,
LYSSA, Alison
LYTTLETON, Edith
McALPINE, Rachel
MACAULAY, Robbie
McCRACKEN, Esther,
McCULLERS, Carson,
McDONALD, Ann-Marie
McDONALD, Claire,
MacDONALD, Sharman,
McINYTYRE, Claire,
McLEOD, Jenny,
MAILLET, Antonine,
MALINA, Judith
MALPEDE, Karen,
MANLEY, Delarivier
MANN, Emily,
MANNING, Mary
MANSFIELD, Kaherine
MARAINI, Dacia
MARSON, Una
MARTIN, Jane,
MEDINA, Louisa
MEDLEY, Cassandra,
MERRIAM, Eve
MHAPSEKAR, Jyoti
MHLOPE,Gcina
MILLAY, Edna St Vincent,
MILLER, May (Sullivan)
MILLER, Susan
MILNE, Pauline,
MITFORD, Mary Russell
MNOUCHKINE, Ariane,
MOJICA, Monique,
MONTAGU, Mary Wortley
MONTGOMERY, Eleanor
MORAGA, Cherrie,
MORE, Hannah
MOWATT, Anna Cora
MORTIMER, Lillian,
MOXLEY, Gina,
MUELLER, Lavonne,
MUNRO, Rona,
MURDOCH, Iris,
MURRAY, Peta,
NAGY, Phyllis,
NEMETH, Sally,
NICHOLS, Anne,
NIMMO, Heather,
NORMAN, Marsha,
OAKES, Meredith,
OATES, Joyce Carol,
O’BRIEN, Edna,
OGLESBY, Tamsin,
O’MALLEY, Mary,
ONWUEME, Tess
OWEN, Rena,
OWENS, Rochelle,
PAGE, Louise,
PARKER, Dorothy
PARKS, Susan-Lori
PARRY, Lorae,
PASCAL, Julia
PETRUSHEVSKAYA, Ludmila
PINNOCK, Winsome,
PIX, Mary
PLATH, Sylvia,
PLUMB, Vivienne,
POLLOCK, Sharon, Br
PRICHARD, Katherine Susannah
PRICHARD, Rebecca,
PRZYBYSZEWSKA, Stanislawa
RADIC, Therese
RAHMAN, Aisha,
RAIF, Ayshe,
RAME, Franca
RAVEL, Aviva,
RAYMAN, Sylvia
RAYSON, Hannie
REID, Christina,
REINSHAGEN, Gerlind,
RENEE
REZA, Yasmine
RIDLER, Anne
RINEHART, Mary Roberts
RINGWOOD, Gwen Pharis,
RITTER, Erika,
ROBINS, Elizabeth
ROBINS, Gertrude
ROLAND, Betty
ROSENTHAL, Rachel,
ROWSON, Susanna
RUBESS, Banuta,
RUDET, Jacqueline,
RYUM, Ulla
SADAAWI, Nawal el
SADUR, Nina
SAMUELS, Diane
SANCHEZ, Sonia,
SANCHEZ SCOTT, Milcha,
SARRAUTE, Nathalie
SAYERS, Dorothy L.
SCHENKAR, Joan
SCHNEEMANN, Carolee,
SCHWARTZ-BART, Simone
SEARS, Djanet,
SHANGE, Ntozake
SHANK, Adele Edling,
SHERIDAN, Frances
SHOTLANDER, Sandra
SIERRA, Maria Martinez
SIMONS, Beverley,
SISTREN
SMITH, Anna Deavere,
SMITH, Dodie, (C.L. Anthony)
SOFOLA, Zulu
SONTAG, Susan,
SOR JUANA Inez De La Cruz
SOWERBY, Githa
SPIDERWOMAN THEATRE
SPLIT BRITCHES (Peggy SHAW and Lois WEAVER)
STEIN, Gertrude,
STELLMACH, Barbara,
STEPHENSON, Shelagh,
STERN, G.B. (Gladys Bronwen)
STEWART, Ena Lamont,
STOWE, Harriet Beecher
SUTHERLAND, Efua
SWADOS, Elizabeth,
SYAL, Meera,
TARGUSE, Violet
TEMPLETON, Fiona,
TERRY, Megan,
THOMAS, Heidi,
THOMPSON, Judith,
THORNTON, Jane,
TIKKANEN, Marta
TOMALIN, Claire,
TOWNSEND, Sue,
TREADWELL, Sophie,
TROTTER, Catherine
UKRAINKA, Lesya
UPTON, Judy,
VERNON, Barbara
VISDEI, Anca
VOGEL, Paula,
WAGNER, Jane,
WAITE SMITH, Cicely
WALLACE, Naomi
WANDOR, Michelene,
WARREN , Mercy Otis
WASSERSTEIN, Wendy,
WATKINS, Maurine
WELDON, Fay,
WELLBURN, Vivienne,
WERTENBAKER, Timberlake,
WEST, Mae
WINDSOR, Valerie
WINSLOE, Christa
WISEMAN, Jane
WONG, Elizabeth
WOOD, Mrs Henry
WOOD, Victoria,
WOMEN’S THEATRE GROUP
WOOLF, Virginia,
WRIGHT, Frances
WUOLIJOKI, Hella
WYMARK, Olwen,
YAMAUCHI, Wakako,
YANKOWITZ, Susan
YEGER, Sheila,