Q.Who were contemporary authors and playwrights to william shakespear?
A.Shakespeare's contemporaries include Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, John Webster, Philip Massinger, Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher.
Q.what other dramatists were writing plays in the same time period as henrik ibsen?
A.Norweigan playwright and the father of realist theatre, Hernik Ibsen, had contemporaries that included George Bernard Shaw and Anton Chekhov.
Q.What is contemporary theatre?
A.Contemporary theatre refers to current playwrights and modern stagecraft. Practitioners to study include Lecoq, Gaulier, Grotowski, Meisner and Boal.
Q.How many plays did Shakespeare write?
A.37 plays are attributed to William Shakespeare (1564-1616), though many of today's texts developed through performance or the input of other playwrights.