A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Agatha Christie was an English writer known for her detective novels and short stories.
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath who lived from 384 to 322 BC.
Euripides was a renowned ancient Greek playwright, born in 480 BC in Athens.
The Italian Renaissance was a period of cultural and intellectual revival that began in the 14th century in Italy and spread throughout Europe.
Natya Shastra is a Sanskrit text on the performing arts, particularly drama and theatre.
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