ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A playwright is someone who writes plays. Playwrights are also known as dramatists.

Detailed explanation-2: -They were written around the 5th century BC. These playwrights are important as they wrote in a way that is still used by modern playwrights. Important among them are Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes. The most famous playwright may be William Shakespeare.

Detailed explanation-3: -playwright. noun. play·wright ˈplā-ˌrīt. : a person who writes plays.

Detailed explanation-4: -Henrik Ibsen is famously known as the Father of Modern Drama, and it is worth recognizing how literal an assessment that is. The Norwegian playwright was not merely one of a wave of new writers to experiment with dramatic form, nor did he make small improvements that were built upon by successors.

Detailed explanation-5: -Shakespeare is undeniably one of the most successful playwrights to ever live, with theatres and schools being dedicated to him today – his works have been translated into every living language and are more performed than those of any other playwright in history.