Playwrights who brought realism and naturalism to the stage from the later nineteenth century, treating ordinary people and social problems with plain speech. A playwright belongs here when the cited article or its infobox names realism or naturalism. It excludes the Absurdist dramatists who reacted against them. Their plays set ordinary rooms, families and social questions on stage with natural speech, and are the base from which later modern theatre grew, and a playwright is placed here by the movement the cited article names.
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Wikipedia: Henrik Ibsen
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He pioneered theatrical realism but also wrote lyrical epic works.
Wikipedia: Anton Chekhov
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Eugene O'Neill (Wikipedia)
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His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of realism, earlier associated with Chekhov, Ibsen, and Strindberg.
Wikipedia: August Strindberg
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A bold experimenter and iconoclast throughout his life, he explored a wide range of dramatic methods and purposes, from naturalistic tragedy, monodrama, and historical plays to his anticipations of expressionist and surrealist dramatic techniques.
Wikipedia: George Bernard Shaw
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Influenced by Henrik Ibsen, he sought to introduce a new realism into English-language drama, using his plays as vehicles to disseminate his political, social and religious ideas.
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