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Name Dropping #16: U.S. Playwrights

Each hint is the beginning of the name of a U.S. playwright. Match it to their surname by selecting from among the choices given. The Additional Hint displays the playwright’s birth year (if living) or birth and death years (if deceased) and the title of one of their best-known plays. Use the Additional Hint to distinguish between playwrights with the same given name or similar given names.

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Sam
1943-2017. Buried Child
William
1913-1973. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
David
1853-1931. Madame Butterfly
Lillian
1905-1984. The Little Foxes
Terrence
1938-2020. Love! Valour! Compassion!
Royall
1757-1826. The Contrast
August
1945-2005. Fences
David
b. 1947. Glengarry Glen Ross
Thornton
1897-1975. Our Town
Jules
b. 1929. Little Murders
Anna Cora
1819-1870. Fashion
Arthur
1917-2011. West Side Story
William
1914-2008. The Miracle Worker
Robert E.
1896-1955. Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Sidney
1891-1939. The Silver Cord
George
1887-1995. Damn Yankees (with Douglass Wallop)
Neil
1927-2018. The Odd Couple
Lorraine
1930-1965. A Raisin in the Sun
Arthur
1915-2005. Death of a Salesman
Edward
1928-2016. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
George S.
1889-1961. You Can't Take It With You (with Moss Hart)
Clyde
1865-1909. Nathan Hale
Eugene
1888-1953. Long Day's Journey into Night
Lin-Manuel
b. 1980. Hamilton
Tennessee
1911-1983. A Streetcar Named Desire
Abbott
Albee
Belasco
Feiffer
Fitch
Gibson
Hansberry
Hellman
Howard
Inge
Kaufman
Laurents
Mamet
McNally
Miller
Miranda
Mowatt
O’Neill
Shepard
Sherwood
Simon
Tyler
Wilder
Williams
Wilson
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