"Ibsen is probably my favorite playwright of all time," Mr. Shinn said.

Ann signs on when she learns her favorite playwright, Jack Driscoll, is the screenwriter.

But he is an old hand at interpreting his favorite dead playwright, Chekhov.

Along with Arthur Miller, he is one of England's favorite American playwrights.

Next to Shakespeare, she said, "my favorite playwright on earth is Tennessee Williams."

"She's my favorite playwright - I've seen everything she has written," a middle-aged man was heard to say as the lights went down.

Ms. Wasserstein acknowledged that Chekhov is her favorite playwright.

His style bears similarity to one of his favorite playwrights, David Mamet.

For Dr. Schoenbaum, his favorite playwright was the only one from the distant past who remains universally popular.

Beckett is one of my father's favorite playwrights and That would be fine, Eponine replied.