Literary Chronology

1580:

Thomas Middleton is born in London, England; his exact date of birth is unknown, but he was baptized on April 18.

1622:

Thomas Middleton's The Changeling is published.

1627:

Thomas Middleton dies of natural causes and is buried in Newington Butts, London, England.

1743:

Hannah Cowley (Hannah Parkhouse) is born in Tiverton, Devonshire, England.

1780:

Hannah Cowley's The Belle's Stratagem is published.

1809:

Hannah Cowley dies in Devonshire, England.

1856:

George Bernard Shaw is born on July 26 in Dublin, Ireland.

1874:

W. (William) Somerset Maugham is born on January 25 in Paris, France.

1885:

Sophie Treadwell is born on October 3 in Stockton, California.

1894:

George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man is published.

1896:

Antonin Artaud is born on September 4 in Marseilles, France.

1925:

George Bernard Shaw is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

1928:

Sophie Treadwell's Machinal is published.

1932:

W. Somerset Maugham's For Services Rendered is published.

1933:

Michael Frayn is born on September 8 in London, England.

1935:

Antonin Artaud's The Cenci is published.

1941:

Nora Ephron is born on May 19 in New York, New York.

1948:

Antonin Artaud dies of cancer.

1950:

George Bernard Shaw dies on November 2 at his home in Hertfordshire, England.

1950:

Anna Deavere Smith is born on September 18 in Baltimore, Maryland.

1954:

Judith Thompson is born on September 20 in Montreal, Canada.

1957:

Paul Rudnick is born in Piscataway, New Jersey.

1964:

Suzan-Lori Parks is born in Fort Knox, Kentucky.

1965:

W. Somerset Maugham dies in Nice, France.

1970:

Sophie Treadwell dies on February 20.

1991:

Paul Rudnick's I Hate Hamlet is published.

1992:

Anna Deavere Smith's Fires in the Mirror is published.

1993:

Anna Deavere Smith's Fires in the Mirror is a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama.

1994:

Joan Ackermann's Off the Map is published.

1998:

Michael Frayn's Copenhagen is published.

2000:

Moisés Kaufman's The Laramie Project is published.

2001:

Judith Thompson's Habitat is published.

2001:

Suzan-Lori Parks's Topdog/Underdog is published.

2002:

Suzan-Lori Parks's Topdog/Underdog wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

2002:

Nora Ephron's Imaginary Friends is published.