Including a chronological list of actors that spans the past 2,000 years and many diverse countries and cultures, this Encyclopedia offers a fascinating and unique overview of acting onstage that will be of interest to anyone who attends or practises theatre.

Table of Contents

• List of figures
• List of contributors
• Preface
• A
• Aalberg, Ida (b. Janakkala, Finland, 4 December 1857; d. St Petersburg, 17 January 1915).
• Abba, Marta (b. Milan, 25 June 1900; d. Milan, 24 June 1988).
• Abbey Theatre.
• Abraham, F. Murray (b. Pittsburgh, 24 October 1939).
• Abu Salem, François (François Gaspar) (b. Bethlehem, 1951; d. Ramallah, 4 October 2011).
• Abyad, George (b. Beirut, Lebanon, 1880; d. Cairo, Egypt, 1959).
• Accademia Silvio D’Amico.
• Achurch, Janet (b. Manchester, England, 17 January 1863; d. Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England, 11 September 1916).
• Ackermann, Konrad Ernst (b. Schwerin, 1 February 1712; d. Hamburg, 13 November 1771).
• acting/actors.
• acting in medieval Europe.
• action.
• Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).
• Actors Studio, The.
• Adams, Maude (b. Salt Lake City, 11 November 1872; d. Tannersville, New York, 17 July 1953).
• Adineh, Golab (b. Tehran, 13 November 1954).
• Adler, Jacob (Yankev Pavlovich Adler) (b. Odessa, Russian Empire, 12 February 1855; d. New York City, 1 April 1926).
• Adler, Stella (b. New York City, 10 February 1901; d. Los Angeles, 21 December 1992).
• Adriannou, Cybele (b. Smyrna, 1887; d. Athens, 26 May 1978).
• Aesopus, Claudius (first century BCE).
• agit-prop.
• Akademi Teater Nasional Indonesia (ATNI).
• al-Akoudi, Ibrahim (b. Akouda, Tunisia, 1890; d. Tunis, 8 November 1942).
• Albertazzi, Giorgio (b. Florence, 20 August 1923).
• Albinus, Jens (b. Bogense, Denmark, 3 January 1965).
• Alcaeou-Tiberiou, Sappho (b. Constantinople, 1877; d. Athens, 1 January 1951).
• Alcón, Alfredo (b. Ciudadela, Argentina, 3 March 1930; d. Buenos Aires, 11 April 2014).
• Aldridge, Ira (b. New York City, 24 July 1807; d. Łódź, Poland, 7 August 1867).
• Aleandro, Norma (b. Buenos Aires, 2 May 1936).
• Aleko Konstantinov Theatre of Satire.
• Alexander, Frederick Matthias (b. Wynyard, Tasmania, 20 January 1869; d. London, 10 October 1955).
• Alexander, Jane (b. Boston, Massachusetts, 28 October 1939).
• Alezzo, Agustín (b. Buenos Aires, 1937).
• Alippi, Elías (b. Buenos Aires, 21 January 1883; d. Buenos Aires, 3 May 1942).
• Alleyn, Edward (b. London, 1 September 1566; d. 25 November 1626).
• Allgood, Sara (b. Dublin, 15 October 1879; d. Woodland Hills, California, 13 September 1950).
• Alonso, Enrique (b. Mazatlán, 7 September 1923; d. Torreón, 27 August 2004).
• Alterio, Héctor (b. Buenos Aires, 21 September 1929).
• Alvarez, Mariano (b. Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 22 July 1952; d. Caracas, 19 January 2001).
• Amakhosi Theatre.
• amateur actors
• American Academy of Dramatic Art (AADA).
• Anahita Conservatory Theatre.
• Ancira, Carlos (b. Mexico City, 20 August 1929; d. Mexico City, 10 October 1987).
• Andersen, Hans Christian (b. Odense, 2 April 1805; d. Copenhagen, 4 August 1875).
• Anderson, Judith (b. Adelaide, Australia, 10 February 1897; d. Santa Barbara, California, 3 January 1992).
• Anderson, Mary (b. Sacramento, California, 28 July 1859; d. Broadway, England, 29 May 1940).
• Andersson, Bibi (b. Stockholm, 11 November 1935).
• Andreadi, Katerina (b. Athens, 1903; d. Athens, 1 May 1993).
• Andreeva, Mariia Fedorovna (b. St Petersburg, 4 July 1868; d. Moscow, 8 December 1953).
• Andreini, Francesco (b. Pistoia, 1548; d. Mantua, 20 August 1624).
• Andreini, Giovan Battista (b. Florence, 9 February 1576; d. Reggio Emilia, 7 June 1654).
• Andreini, Isabella (b. Padua, 1562; d. Lyons, France, 10 July 1604).
• Andreini, Virginia (b. 1 January 1583; d. Vienna, 1628 or Bologna, 1630).
• Angelelli, Guillermo (b. Buenos Aires, 1961).
• angura.
• Ankara Sanat Tiyatrosu (AST) (Ankara Art Theatre).
• Anschütz, Heinrich (b. Luckau, Germany, 8 February 1785; d. Vienna, 29 December 1865).
• Antoine, André (b. Limoges, France, 31 January 1858; d. Loire-Atlantique, France, 23 October 1943).
• Appia, Adolphe (b. Geneva, 1 September 1862; d. Nyon, 29 February 1924).
• aragoto: mie/roppô.
• Arata, Luis (b. Buenos Aires, 23 August 1895; d. Buenos Aires, 21 June 1967).
• Archer, William (b. Perth, Scotland, 23 September 1856; d. London, 27 December 1924).
• Argiropoulos, Vasilis (b. Paros, 1894; d. Athens, 28 April 1953).
• Argos Teatro.
• Arias, Pepe (b. Buenos Aires, 16 January 1900; d. Buenos Aires, 23 February 1967).
• Aristotle (b. Stagira, Chalcidice, 384 BCE; d. Euboea, 322 BCE).
• Armani, Vincenza (b. Venice, c.1530; d. Cremona, 11 September 1569).
• Armin, Robert (b. King’s Lynn, England, c.1568; d. London, November, 1615).
• Aroni, Mary (b. Athens, December 1914; d. Athens, 16 July 1992).
• Arquillué, Pere (b. Terrassa, Catalonia, 17 March 1967).
• Artaud, Antonin (b. Marseilles, 4 September 1896; d. Ivry-sur-Seine, France, 4 March 1948).
• Asami Rei, (b. Tokyo, 11 March 1950).
• Ashcroft, Peggy (b. Croydon, England, 22 December 1907; d. London, 14 June 1991).
• aside.
• Asom Rannamandal, (Assam Repertory Theatre).
• Asquini, Pedro (b. Buenos Aires, 15 September 1915; d. Buenos Aires, 18 September 2003).
• Asti, Adriana (b. Milan, 30 April 1933).
• attention/focus.
• audience.
• Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP).
• Autran, Paulo (b. Rio de Janeiro, 7 September 1922; d. São Paulo, 12 October 2007).
• Ayoub, Samiha (b. 8 March 1932).
• B
• Baba Sala, (b. Ilesa, Nigeria, 17 May 1936).
• Babanova, Mariia Ivanovna (b. Moscow, 29 October (11 November) 1900; d. Moscow, 20 March 1983).
• el-Bably, Soheir (b. Damietta, Egypt, 14 February 1935).
• Bai, Gulab (b. Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, 1926; d. 1996).
• Bai Yushuang, (b. Hebei Province, China, 1907; d. 1942).
• Bak, Jeong-ja (b. Incheon, South Korea, 2 March 1942).
• Bakri, Samia Kazmouz (b. Acre, Upper Galilee, 1952).
• Bal Gandharva, (b. Palus, Maharashtra, 26 June 1888; d. Pune, 15 July 1967).
• Balzaretti, Fernando (b. Mexico City, 10 June 1946; d. Mexico City, 5 September 1998).
• Bancroft, Marie (b. (probably) Doncaster, England, 1839; d. Folkestone, 1921) and Squire, (b. Rotherhithe, London, 14 May 1841; d. London, 12 April 1926).
• Bandô Mitsugorô,.
• Bandô Tamasaburô,.
• Bankhead, Tallulah (b. Huntsville, Alabama, 31 January 1902; d. New York City, 12 December 1968).
• Baokar, Uttara (b. Sangli, Maharashtra, India, 1944).
• Barba, Eugenio (b. Brindisi, Italy, 29 October 1936).
• Bardem, Javier (b. Las Palmas, 1 March 1969).
• Barker, Clive (b. Middlesbrough, 29 June 1931; d. York, 17 March 2005).
• Barnay, Ludwig (b. Pest, Hungary, 11 February 1842; d. Hanover, 31 January 1924).
• Baron, Michel (b. Paris, 8 October 1653; d. Paris, 22 December 1729).
• La Barraca.
• Barrault, Jean-Louis (b. Le Vésinet, France, 8 September 1910; d. Paris, 22 January 1994).
• Barrett, Lawrence (b. Paterson, New Jersey, 4 April 1838; d. New York, 20 March 1891).
• Barry, Elizabeth (b. c.1658; d. Acton, England, 7 November 1713).
• Barry, Spranger (b. Dublin, (baptized) 13 November 1717; d. London, 10 January 1777).
• Barrymore, John (b. Philadelphia, 15 February 1882; d. Los Angeles, 29 May 1942).
• Bartís, Ricardo (b. Buenos Aires, 15 October 1949).
• Bašić, Relja (b. Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 14 February 1930).
• Bassermann, Albert (b. Mannheim, 7 September 1867; d. on flight from New York to Zurich, 15 May 1952).
• Bates, Alan (b. Allestree, Derbyshire, England, 17 February 1934; d. London, 27 December 2003).
• Bauhaus.
• Beale, Simon Russell (b. Penang, Malaya, 12 January 1961).
• Beck, Julian
• Becker, Cacilda (b. São Paulo, 6 April 1921; d. São Paulo, 6 June 1969).
• Béjart, Armande-Grésinde-Claire-Elizabeth (b. 1641; d. Paris, 30 November 1700).
• Béjart, Geneviève (b. Paris, June 1624; d. Paris, 23 October 1675).
• Béjart, Joseph (d. c.1645) and Marie Hervé, (b. 1590; d. 1670).
• Béjart, Joseph (b. Paris, c.1616; d. Paris, 21 May 1659).
• Béjart, Louis (b. Paris, November 1630; d. Paris, 13 October 1678).
• Béjart, Madeleine (b. Paris, 8 January 1618; d. Paris, 17 February 1672).
• Belheissi, Mohamed (b. Taza, Morocco, 1951).
• Beligan, Radu (b. Gălibu, Romania, 14 December 1918).
• Bell, John (b. Maitland, Australia, 1 November 1940).
• Bell, Marie (b. Bègles, France, 23 December 1900; d. Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 14 August 1985).
• Bellotti Bon, Luigi (b. Udine, 17 April 1820; d. Milan, 31 January 1883).
• Ben Ayad, Aly (b. Hammam-Lif, Tunisia, 15 August 1930; d. Paris, 14 February 1972).
• Bene, Carmelo (b. Lecce, 1 September 1937; d. Rome, 16 March 2002).
• Bengkel Teater (Theatre Workshop).
• Benjumea, Carlos (b. Bogotá, 27 January 1941).
• Benson, Francis Robert (Frank) (b. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 4 November 1858; d. London, 31 December 1939).
• Beolco, Angelo (b. Padua, 1496; d. Padua, 17 March? 1542).
• Berliner Ensemble (BE).
• Bernhardt, Sarah (b. Paris, c.22 October 1844; d. Paris, 26 March 1923).
• Berry, Cicely (b. 17 May 1926).
• Bethmann-Unzelmann, Friederike Auguste (b. Gotha, Germany, 12 January 1760; d. Berlin, 16 August 1815).
• Betterton, Thomas (b. London, (baptized) 11/12 August 1635; d. London, 28 April 1710).
• Bharata and Natyasastra.
• Biancolelli.
• biaoyan chengshi.
• Bilginer, Haluk (b. Izmir, Turkey, 5 June 1954).
• Bing, Suzanne (b. Paris, 10 March 1887; d. Neuilly-sur-Seine, 22 November 1967).
• biomechanics.
• Birman, Serafina Germanovna (b. Kishinev, Russia, 29 July (10 August) 1890; d. Moscow, 11 May 1976).
• Björk, Anita (b. Tällberg, Dalarna, 25 April 1923; d. Stockholm, 24 October 2012).
• Blaha, Lujza (b. Rimaszombat, Hungary, 8 September 1850; d. Budapest, 18 January 1926).
• Blanchett, Cate (b. Melbourne, 14 May 1969).
• Boal, Augusto (b. Rio de Janeiro, 16 March 1931; d. Rio de Janeiro, 2 May 2009).
• Bocage, (b. Rouen, 1787/1801; d. Paris, 30 August 1863).
• Bódalo, José (b. Córdoba, Argentina, 24 March 1916; d. Madrid, 24 July 1985).
• body.
• Boero, Alejandra (b. Buenos Aires, 9 December 1918; d. Buenos Aires, 4 May 2006).
• Bogart, Anne (b. Newport, RI, 25 September 1951).
• Bogusławski, Wojciech (b. Glinno, Poland, 9 April 1757; d. Warsaw, 23 July 1829).
• Bohurupee.
• Bolaños, Lucy (b. Cali, Colombia, 1948).
• Bolesławski, Ryszard (Richard Boleslavsky) (b. Dębowa Gora, Poland, 4 February 1889; d. Hollywood, California, 17 January 1937).
• Bolshoi Drama Theatre.
• Booth, Edwin (b. Bel Air, Maryland, 13 November 1833; d. New York City, 7 June 1893).
• Borghi, Renato (b. Rio de Janeiro, 1939).
• Borràs, Enric (b. Badalona, 9 September 1863; d. Barcelona, 4 November 1957).
• Boscana, Lucy (b. Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, 24 September 1915; d. San Juan, 24 May 2001).
• Boskova, Marija Meri (b. Bitola, Yugoslavia, 2 May 1924; d. Skopje, 26 March 2014).
• Bosse, Harriet (b. Christiania/Oslo, Norway, 19 February 1878; d. Oslo, 2 November 1961).
• Boucicault, Dionysus Lardner (b. Dublin, 27 December 1820; d. New York, 18 September 1890).
• Bouleymane, Ahmed (b. Tunis, 12 December 1884; d. Radès, Tunisia, 3 April 1976).
• Boumedienne, Sirat (b. Oran, 1947; d. Mostaganem, Algeria, 20 August 1995).
• Bourguiba, Mohamed (b. Monastir, Tunisia, 1881; d. Tunis, 26 July 1930).
• Bouwmeester, Louis Sr (b. Middelharnis, Netherlands, 5 September 1842; d. Amsterdam, 28 April 1925).
• boy actors.
• Bozán, Olinda (b. Rosario, Argentina, 21 June 1894; d. Buenos Aires, 8 February 1977).
• Bracegirdle, Anne (b. Northampton, England, (baptized) 15 November 1671; d. London, 12 September 1748).
• Branagh, Kenneth (b. Belfast, 20 December 1960).
• Brando, Marlon (b. Omaha, 3 April 1924; d. Los Angeles, 1 July 2004).
• Brandoni, Luis (b. Dock Sud, Argentina, 18 April 1940).
• Bread and Puppet Theatre.
• Brecht, Bertolt (b. Augsburg, 10 February 1898; d. Berlin, 14 August 1956).
• breeches parts.
• Brenko, Anna Alekseevna (b. 1848 (49?); d. 1934).
• Brignone, Lilla (b. Rome, 23 August 1913; d. Rome, 24 March 1984).
• Briski, Norman (b. Santa Fe, Argentina, 2 January 1938).
• Britto, Sérgio (b. Rio de Janeiro, 29 June 1923; d. Rio de Janeiro, 17 December 2011).
• Brockmann, Johann Franz Hieronymus (b. Graz, 30 September 1745; d. Vienna, 12 April 1812).
• Brook, Peter (b. London, 21 March 1925).
• Brun, Johannes Finne (b. Verdal, Norway, 10 March 1832; d. Christiania, 7 March 1890).
• Buabeng, Adeline Ama.
• Budzisz-Krzyżanowska, Teresa (b. Tczew, Poland, 17 September 1942).
• Buenaventura, Enrique (b. Cali, Colombia, 19 February 1925; d. Cali, 31 December 2003).
• Bulandra Theatre.
• Bulwer, John (b. (baptized) London, 16 May 1606; d. London, c.1 October 1656).
• Bungaku-za.
• bunraku.
• Burbage, Richard (b. London, January 1568; d. London, 13 March 1619).
• Burgtheater.
• Burian, Vlasta (b. Liberec, 9 April 1891; d. Prague, 31 January 1962).
• burlesque.
• Burton, Richard (b. Pontrhydyfen, Wales, 10 November 1925; d. Céligny, Switzerland, 5 August 1984).
• Busch, Ernst (b. Kiel, 22 January 1900; d. Bernburg, 8 June 1980).
• C
• cabaret.
• Calderón, María (b. Madrid, 1611; d. Guadalajara, 1646).
• Caldwell, Zoe (b. Melbourne, 14 September 1933).
• Callow, Simon (b. London, 15 June 1949).
• Calvo y Revilla, Rafael (b. Seville, 19 February 1842; d. Cádiz, 3 October 1888).
• Cameri Theatre.
• Caragiu, Toma (b. Aetomilitsa, Greece, 21 August 1925; d. Bucharest, Romania, 4 March 1977).
• Caramitru, Ion (b. Bucharest, 9 March 1942).
• Cardoso, Sérgio (b. Belém, Brazil, 23 March 1925; d. Rio de Janeiro, 18 August 1972).
• caricature.
• Cariou, Len (b. St Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, 30 September 1939).
• Carnovsky, Morris (b. St Louis, Missouri, 5 September 1897; d. Easton, Connecticut, 1 September 1992).
• Carrillo, Mary (b. Toledo, Spain, 14 October 1919; d. Madrid, 31 July 2009).
• Casacuberta, Juan (b. Buenos Aires, November 1798; d. Santiago de Chile, 23 September 1849).
• Casarès, Maria (b. Corunna, Spain, 21 November 1922; d. La Vergne, Charente-Maritime, France, 22 November 1996).
• Castro, Alfredo (b. Santiago, 19 December 1955).
• Castro, Bélgica (b. Concepción, Chile, 6 March 1921).
• Cecchi, Carlo (b. Florence, 25 January 1939).
• Cecchini, Pier Maria (b. Ferrara, 14 May 1563; d. 1644).
• Centro Universitario de Teatro, El (CUT).
• Chaikin, Joseph (b. New York, 16 September 1935; d. New York, 22 June 2003).
• Chakyar, Mani Madhava (b. Kerala, India, 15 February 1899; d. Ottapalam, Kerala, 14 January 1990).
• Chakyar, Painkulam Rama (b. 1905; d. 1980).
• Chamberlain’s/King’s Men.
• Champmeslé, Marie (b. Rouen, 18 February 1642; d. Paris, 15 May 1698).
• Chang lun.
• Chang Xiangyu, (b. Henan Province, China, 1923; d. 2004).
• character.
• characterization.
• Chawla, Veenapani (b. Mumbai, 5 April 1947).
• chayuan.
• Cheek by Jowl.
• Chekhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich (b. St Petersburg, 16 (28) August 1891; d. Beverly Hills, California, 30 September 1955).
• Chen Bo’er, (b. Chao’an, Guangdong Province, China, 1907/10; d. Shanghai, 1951).
• Chen Mingzhi, (fl. early eighteenth century).
• Cheng Yanqiu, (b. Beijing, 1904; d. 1958).
• chorus.
• Chorus Repertory Theatre.
• Chramostová, Vlasta (b. Brno, 17 November 1926).
• Cibber, Colley (b. London, 6 November 1671; d. London, 12 December 1757).
• Cibber, Susanna (b. London, 14 February 1714; d. London, 30 January 1766).
• Cicero, Marcus Tullius (b. Arpinum, Italy, 3 January 106 BCE; d. Formia, 7 December 43 BCE).
• Cieślak, Ryszard (b. Kalisz, Poland, 9 March 1937; d. Houston, Texas, 15 June 1990).
• Činoherní klub (Drama Club).
• Cintra, Luís Miguel (b. Madrid, 29 April 1949).
• Circolando.
• Clairon, Hippolyte (b. Condé-sur-l’Escaut, Hainaut, 25 January 1723; d. Paris, 29 January 1803).
• Clever, Edith (b. Wuppertal, 13 December 1940).
• Close, Del (b. Manhattan, Kansas, 9 March 1934; d. Chicago, 4 March 1999).
• clown.
• Clurman, Harold (b. New York City, 18 September 1901; d. New York City, 9 September 1980).
• Cobb, Lee J. (b. New York City, 8 December 1911; d. Woodland Hills, California, 11 February 1976).
• Colaço, Amélia Rey (b. Lisbon, 2 March 1898; d. Lapa, Portugal, 8 July 1990).
• collective creation.
• combat.
• Comediants.
• Comédie-Française (previously Le Théâtre-Français, La Maison de Molière).
• commedia dell’arte.
• Conesa, María (b. Vinaroz, Spain, 18 December 1892; d. Mexico City, 4 September 1978).
• Conservatoire National Supérieure d’Art Dramatique.
• Cooke, George Frederick (b. London, 17 April 1756?; d. New York, 26 September 1812).
• Cooper, Thomas Abthorpe (b. London, 1776; d. Bristol, Pennsylvania, 21 April 1849).
• Copeau, Jacques (b. Paris, 4 February 1879; d. Beaune, 20 October 1949).
• Coquelin, Benoît-Constant (b. Boulogne-sur-Mer, 23 January 1841; d. Paris, 27 January 1909).
• Córdoba, Lucho (b. Lima, Peru, 26 July 1902; d. Santiago de Chile, 14 April 1981).
• Cornell, Katharine (b. Berlin, 16 February 1893; d. Tisbury, Massachusetts, 9 June 1974).
• Cornerstone Theatre Company.
• Corona, Isabela (b. Autlán, Mexico, 2 July 1913; d. Mexico City, 8 July 1993).
• Corrêa, José Celso Martinez (b. São Paulo, 30 March 1937).
• Corrêa, Rubens (b. Aquidauana, Brazil, 1931; d. Rio de Janeiro, 1996).
• Cortese, Valentina (b. Milan, 1 January 1923).
• Cortez, Raul (b. São Paulo, 28 August 1932; d. São Paulo, 18 July 2000).
• Costa, Orazio (b. Rome, 6 August 1911; d. Florence, 14 November 1999).
• costume.
• cothurnus.
• Coward, Noel (b. London, 16 December 1899; d. Blue Harbor, Jamaica, 26 March 1973).
• Craig, Edward Gordon (b. Stevenage, England, 16 January 1872; d. Vence, France, 29 July 1966).
• Crawford, Cheryl (b. Akron, Ohio, 24 September 1902; d. New York, 7 October 1986).
• Crilla, Hedy (b. Vienna, Austria-Hungary, 1898; d. Buenos Aires, 31 March 1984).
• Crnobori, Marija (b. Pula, Croatia, 1 October 1918).
• Cronyn, Hume (b. London, Ontario, 18 July 1911; d. Fairfield, Connecticut, 15 June 2003).
• La Cubana.
• Cusack, Cyril James (b. Durban, South Africa, 26 November 1910; d. London, 7 October 1993).
• Cushman, Charlotte (b. Boston, Massachusetts, 23 July 1816; d. Boston, 18 February 1876).
• Czyżewska, Elżbieta (b. Warsaw, 14 May 1938; d. New York City, 17 June 2010).
• D
• Dada.
• Dafoe, Willem (b. Appleton, Wisconsin, 22 July 1955).
• Dahr, Juni (b. Oslo, 29 June 1953).
• Dal, Oleg Ivanovich (b. Moscow, 25 May 1941; d. Kiev, 3 March 1981).
• Dalit Theatre.
• Dasi, Binodini (b. 1863; d. Kolkata, 1941).
• Davis, Henrietta Vinton (b. Baltimore, Maryland, 25 August 1860; d. Washington, DC, 23 November 1941).
• Davydov, Vladimir Nikolaevich (b. Novomirgorod, Russia, 7 (19) January 1849; d. Moscow, 23 June 1925).
• Dawison, Bogumil (b. Warsaw, 15 May 1818; d. Dresden, 1 February 1872).
• De Berardinis, Leo (b. Salerno, 3 January 1940; d. Rome, 18 September 2008).
• De Filippo.
• de Wahl, Anders (b. Stockholm, 9 February 1869; d. Stockholm, 9 March 1956).
• Deburau, Jean-Gaspard (b. Kolin, Bohemia, Habsburg Empire, 31 July 1796; d. Paris, 17 June 1846).
• declamation.
• Decleir, Jan (b. Niel, Belgium, 14 February 1946).
• Decroux, Étienne (b. Paris, 19 July 1898; d. Boulogne-Billancourt, 12 March 1991).
• Dee, Ruby (b. Cleveland, Ohio, 27 October 1924; d. New Rochelle, New York, 11 June 2014).
• defamiliarization.
• Déjazet, Virginie (b. Paris, 30 August 1798; d. Paris, 1 December 1875).
• el-Dekken, Tawfiq (aka Al-Sherir Al-Zarif) (b. Al-Menufiya, Egypt 1924; d. 1988).
• Delbono, Pippo (b. Varazze, Savona, 1959).
• Delsarte, François (b. Solesmes, France, 11 November 1811; d. Paris, 20 July 1871).
• Dench, Judi (b. York, England, 9 December 1934).
• Departamento de Teatro, El.
• Deshpande, Sulabha (b. Mumbai, 1937).
• Deutsches Theater (DT) Berlin.
• Devrient.
• Devrient, Ludwig (b. Berlin, 15 December 1784; d. Berlin, 30 December 1832).
• Devrient, Philipp Eduard (b. Berlin, 11 August 1801; d. Karlsruhe, 4 October 1877).
• Dewhurst, Colleen (b. Montreal, Quebec, 3 June 1924; d. South Salem, New York, 22 August 1991).
• dialect.
• diction.
• Diderot, Denis (b. Langres, France, 5 October 1713; d. Paris, 31 July 1784).
• Dietrich, Marlene (b. Berlin, 27 December 1901; d. Paris, 6 May 1992).
• Dionysus.
• director.
• disability performance.
• Divadlo Na Zábradlí (Theatre on the Balustrade).
• Djajoesman, Renny (b. Semarang, 2 January 1959).
• Dmitrevskii, Ivan Afanasevich (b. Yaroslavl, Russia, 28 February (11 March) 1734; d. St Petersburg, 27 October (8 November) 1821).
• Döbbelin, Karl Gottlieb (b. Königsberg in der Neumark, Germany, 27 February 1727; d. Berlin, 10 December 1793).
• documentary theatre.
• Doggett, Thomas (b. Dublin, c.1670; d. London, 20 September 1721).
• Domańska, Jadwiga (b. Dąbrowa Tarnowska, Poland, 9 October 1907; d. Ottawa, Ontario, 19 December 1996).
• Dorval, Marie (b. Laurient, France, 6 January 1798; d. Paris, 20 May 1849).
• double-consciousness.
• Douglas, María (b. Mexico City, 22 June 1922; d. Mexico City, 17 December 1973).
• drag.
• Drake, Alfred (b. New York, 7 October 1914; d. New York, 25 July 1992).
• Dramaten.
• Dramatic Theatre of Vera Komissarzhevskaia.
• du Maurier, Gerald (b. London, 26 March 1873; d. London, 11 April 1934).
• Duarte, Eva (aka María Eva Duarte de Perón) (b. Los Toldos, Argentina, 7 May 1919; d. Buenos Aires, 26 July 1952).
• Dubey, Lillete (b. Mumbai, 13 May 1954).
• Duchenois, Catherine Joséphine Rafuin (b. near Valenciennes, France, 1777; d. Paris, 1835).
• Duclos, Marie (b. 1668; d. Paris, 1748).
• Dujšin, Dubravko (b. Zadar, Croatia, 12 September 1894; d. Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 30 January 1947).
• Dullin, Charles (b. Yenne, France, 8 May 1885; d. Paris, 11 December 1949).
• dumb show.
• Dumesnil, Marie Françoise (b. Paris, 2 January 1712; d. 1803).
• Duse, Eleonora (b. Vigevano, Italy, 3 October 1858; d. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 21 April 1924).
• Dutt, Utpal (b. Barisal, East Bengal, 29 March 1929; d. Kolkata, 19 August 1993).
• Dybwad, Johanne (b. Christiania, Norway, 2 August 1867; d. Oslo, 4 March 1950).
• E
• East West Players.
• Efremov, Oleg Nikolaevich (b. Moscow, 1 October 1927; d. Moscow, 24 May 2000).
• Egurrola, Julieta (b. Mexico City, 1953).
• Eichlerówna, Irena (b. Warsaw, 19 April 1908; d. Warsaw, 12 September 1990).
• Ekblad, Stina (b. Solf, Finland, 2 February 1954).
• Ekhof, Konrad (b. Hamburg, 12 August 1720; d. Gotha, 16 June 1778).
• Ekman, Gösta (b. Stockholm, 28 December 1890; d. Stockholm, 12 January 1938).
• Engel, Johann Jakob (b. Parchim, Germany, 11 September 1741; d. Parchim, 28 June 1802).
• Englische Komödianten.
• ensemble.
• environmental theatre.
• Epic theatre.
• Erkal, Genco (b. Istanbul, 28 March 1938).
• Ermolova, Mariia Nikolaevna (b. Moscow, 3 (15) July 1853; d. Moscow, 12 March 1928).
• Eronen, Ella (b. Helsinki, 29 January 1900; d. Helsinki, 9 October 1987).
• Ertuğrul, Muhsin (b. Istanbul, 7 March 1892; d. Izmir, 29 April 1979).
• Escuela de Arte Teatral, La (EAT).
• esperpento.
• Espert, Nuria (b. Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 11 June 1935).
• Esposti, Piera degli (b. Bologna, 13 March 1939).
• Evans, Edith (b. London, 8 February 1888; d. Cranbrook, Kent, 14 October 1976).
• expressionism.
• Eysoldt, Gertrud (b. Pirna, Germany, 30 November 1870; d. Ohlstadt, Germany, 6 January 1955).
• Ezeiza, Gabino (b. Buenos Aires, 3 February 1858; d. San Telmo, 12 October 1916).
• F
• Fabre, Jan (b. Antwerp, 14 December 1958).
• Fábregas, Manolo (b. Vigo, Spain, 15 July 1921; d. Mexico City, 4 February 1996).
• Fábregas, Virginia (b. Yautepec, Mexico, 17 December 1871; d. Mexico City, 17 November 1950).
• Factory of the Eccentric Actor (FEKS).
• al Fahd, Hayat (b. Kuwait, 1 April 1948).
• Falco, Sebastián.
• Fanizadeh, Parviz (b. Tehran, 1937; d. Tehran, 24 February 1980).
• farce.
• al Farsi, Saleh Zaa’l (b. Oman, 17 February 1953).
• Fasano, Quim (b. Luanda, Angola, 3 May 1981).
• Faucit, Helen (b. London, 11 October 1814; d. Llangollen, Wales, 31 October 1898).
• Fay, Francis John (b. Dublin, 30 August 1870; d. Dublin, 2 January 1931).
• Fay, William George (b. Dublin, 12 November 1872; d. London, 27 October, 1947).
• Fechter, Charles (b. London?, 23 October 1822; d. Quakertown, Pennsylvania, 5 August 1879).
• Fedotova, Glikeriia Nikolaevna (b. Orel, 10 (22) October 1846; d. Moscow, 27 February 1925).
• Feldenkrais, Moshé (b. Slavuta, Ukraine, 6 May 1904; d. Tel Aviv, 1 July 1984).
• Fernández, Eduard (b. Barcelona, 24 August 1964).
• Fernández, María del Rosario (‘La Tirana’) (b. Seville, 1755; d. Madrid, 28 December 1803).
• Fernán-Gómez, Fernando (b. Lima, 29 August 1921; d. Madrid, 21 November 2007).
• Ferrer, José (b. San Juan, Puerto Rico, 8 January 1912; d. Coral Gables, Florida, 26 January 1992).
• Ferrigno, Oscar (b. Buenos Aires, 1927; d. Buenos Aires, 1 September 1986).
• Fialka, Ladislav (b. Prague, 22 August 1931; d. Prague, 22 February 1991).
• Fijan, Andrija (b. Zagreb, Croatia, 4 September 1851; d. Zagreb, 26 September 1911).
• film.
• Filotti, Maria (b. Batogu, Romania, 9 October 1883; d. Bucharest, 5 November 1956).
• Finkel, Shimon (b. Grodno, Russia, 1 December 1905; d. Israel, 5 October 1999).
• Finney, Albert (b. Salford, England, 9 May 1936).
• Fintzi, Itzhak (b. Sofia, 25 April 1933).
• Fiorilli, Tiberio (b. Naples, 1608?; d. Paris, 7 December 1694).
• Firmin, (b. Paris, 1784; d. 1859).
• Fiske, Minnie Maddern (b. New Orleans, 19 December 1865; d. Long Island, New York, 15 February 1932).
• Fitzgerald, Barry (b. Dublin, 10 March 1888; d. Dublin, 14 January 1961).
• Fitzmaurice, Catherine (b. India, 2 May 1938).
• Fleck, Johann Friedrich Ferdinand (b. Breslau, 10 June 1757; d. Berlin, 20 December 1801).
• Flores, Alejandro (b. Santiago, 9 February 1896; d. Santiago, 6 January 1962).
• Flotats, Josep Maria (b. Barcelona, 12 January 1939).
• Fo, Dario (b. Sangiano, Varese, 26 March 1926).
• Fontanne, Lynn
• Forbes-Robertson, Johnston (b. London, 16 January 1853; d. Dover, England, 6 November 1937).
• Forced Entertainment.
• Forrest, Edwin (b. Philadelphia, 9 March 1806; d. Philadelphia, 12 December 1872).
• Fouéré, Olwen (b. West Galway, 2 March 1954).
• Franco, Eva (b. Buenos Aires, 29 June 1906; d. Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, 28 March 1999).
• Fredrikson, Gustaf (b. Stockholm, 31 July 1832; d. Stockholm, 5 November 1921).
• Free Southern Theatre (FST).
• Fuliancheng (The Fuliancheng Training School).
• La Fura dels Baus.
• G
• Gai Jiaotian, (b. Hebei Province, China, 1888; d. 1971).
• Gallardou, Claudio (b. Madrid, Spain, 20 July 1959).
• Gambon, Michael (b. Dublin, 19 October 1940).
• Gamil, Sana’a (b. Al-Menia, Egypt, 27 April 1930; d. Cairo, 22 December 2002).
• Ganguli, Usha (b. Jodphur, Rajasthan, 1945).
• Ganz, Bruno (b. Zurich, 22 March 1941).
• García, Laura (b. Bogotá, 1953).
• García, Santiago (b. Bogotá, 20 December 1928).
• Garin, Erast Pavlovich (b. Riazan, 28 October (10 November) 1902; d. Moscow, 4 September 1980).
• Garrick, David (b. Hereford, England, 19 February 1717; d. London, 20 January 1779).
• Gassman, Vittorio (b. Genoa, 1 September 1922; d. Rome, 29 June 2000).
• Gate Theatre.
• Gavella, Branko (b. Zagreb, Croatia, 29 July 1895; d. Zagreb, 8 April 1962).
• Gémier, Firmin (b. Aubervilliers, France, 21 February 1869; d. Paris, 26 November 1933).
• Gentleman, Francis (b. Dublin, 23 October 1728; d. Dublin, 21 December 1784).
• George, Mlle (b. Bayeux, 24 February 1787; d. Passy, 12 January 1867).
• Gesher Theatre.
• gesture.
• gestus.
• Ghanem, Samir (b. Cairo, 15 November 1937).
• Gheith, Abdalla (b. Egypt, 28 January 1930; d. Egypt, 13 March 1993).
• Gheith, Hamdi (b. Al-Sharqiya, Egypt, 1924; d. 2006).
• Ghosh, Girishchandra (b. Calcutta, 28 February 1844; d. 8 February 1912).
• Giehse, Therese (b. Munich, 6 March 1898; d. Munich, 3 March 1975).
• Gielgud, John (b. London, 14 April 1904; d. Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, 21 May 2000).
• Gildon, Charles (b. c.1665; d. London, 12 January 1724).
• Gillette, William H. (b. Hartford, Connecticut, 24 July 1853; d. Hartford, 29 April 1937).
• Gilpin, Charles (b. Richmond, Virginia, 20 November 1878; d. Eldridge Park, New Jersey, 6 May 1930).
• Giménez Cacho, Daniel (b. Madrid, Spain, 15 May 1961).
• Girardi, Alexander (b. Graz, 5 December 1850; d. Vienna, 20 April 1918).
• GITIS.
• Glinos, Georgios (b. Smyrna, 1895; d. Athens, 5 January 1966).
• Gobbi Hilda, (b. Budapest, 6 June 1913; d. Budapest, 13 July 1988).
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (b. Frankfurt, 28 August 1749; d. Weimar, 22 March 1832).
• Gökçer, Ayten (b. Istanbul, 1940).
• Gökçer, Cüneyt (b. Malatya, Turkey, 1920; d. Ankara, 2009).
• Gómez, José Luis (b. Huelva, Spain, 19 April 1940).
• Gómez de la Vega, Alfredo (b. Mexico, 1897; d. Mexico City, 15 January 1958).
• González, Ana (b. Santiago, 4 May 1915; d. Santiago, 21 February 2008).
• González, Malena (b. Caracas, Venezuela).
• González, Marés (b. Misiones, Argentina, 26 January 1925; d. Santiago, Chile, 30 August 2008).
• Gopi, Bharat (b. Chirayinkeezhu, Travancore, India, 8 November 1937; d. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 29 January 2008).
• Gorostiza, Celestino (b. Villahermosa, Mexico, 31 January 1904; d. Mexico City, 11 January 1967).
• Goruhe Honar Melli (The National Art Troupe).
• Got, Edmond (b. Lignerolles, 1 October 1822; d. Passy, 21 March 1901).
• Gottsched, Johann Christoph (b. Juditten, Prussia, 2 February 1700; d. Leipzig, 12 December 1766).
• Gråbøl, Sofie (b. Frederiksberg, Denmark, 30 July 1968).
• Graff, Johann Jacob (b. Goergenthal, 23 September 1768; d. Weimar, 20 March 1848).
• Gramatica, Emma (b. Fidenza, Parma, 25 October 1874; d. Ostia, Rome, 8 November 1965).
• Grasso, Giovanni (b. Catania, 19 December 1873; d. Catania, 14 October 1930).
• Grimaldi, Joseph (b. London, 18 December 1778; d. London, 31 May 1837).
• Grotowski, Jerzy (b. Rzeszów, Poland, 11 August 1933; d. Pontedera, Italy, 14 January 1999).
• Group Theatre, The.
• Gründgens, Gustaf (b. Dusseldorf, 22 December 1899; d. Manila, Philippines, 7 October 1963).
• Guanieri, Gianfrancesco (b. Milan, Italy, 6 August 1934; d. São Paulo, 22 July 2006).
• Guerganova, Petya (b. Shumen, Bulgaria, 20 January 1905; d. Sofia 13 April 1985).
• Guerrero, María (b. Madrid, 17 April 1867; d. Madrid, 23 January 1928).
• Guevara, Trinidad (Ladrón de) (b. Soriano, Banda Oriental del Virreinata del Río de la Plata, Uruguay, 11 May 1798; d. Buenos Aires, 24 July 1873).
• Guilmáin, Ofelia (b. Madrid, 17 November 1921; d. Mexico City, 14 January 2005).
• Guinness, Alec (b. London, 2 April 1914; d. Midhurst, Sussex, 5 August 2000).
• Gutiérrez Caba, Irene (b. Madrid, 25 April 1930; d. Madrid, 4 July 1995).
• Guzha, Daves (b. 23 January 1967).
• H
• Habimah Theatre.
• Hagen, Uta (b. Göttingen, Germany, 12 June 1919; d. New York City, 14 January 2004).
• Haiyū-za.
• Halász Péter, (b. Budapest, 20 August 1943; d. New York City, 10 March 2006).
• Hampden, Walter (b. Brooklyn, New York, 30 June 1879; d. Los Angeles, 11 June 1955).
• Hanayagi Shôtarô, (b. Tokyo, 24 May 1894; d. Tokyo, 6 January 1965).
• Hanson, Lars (b. Gothenburg, 26 July 1886; d. Stockholm, 7 April 1965).
• Happenings.
• Harris, Julie (b. Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 2 December 1925; d. West Chatham, Massachusetts, 24 August 2013).
• Hart, Charles (b. London, (baptized) 11 December 1625; d. Great Stanmore, Middlesex, 18 August 1683).
• Hashmi, Safdar (b. Delhi, 12 April 1954; d. Ghaziabad, India, 2 January 1989).
• Hatziargiri, Eleni (b. Halkida, Greece, 1923; d. Athens, 30 September 2004).
• Hayes, Helen (b. Washington, DC, 10 October 1900; d. Nyack, New York, 17 March 1993).
• Hazlitt, William (b. Maidstone, England, 10 April 1778; d. London, 18 September 1830).
• Heiberg, Johanne Luise (b. Copenhagen, 22 November 1812; d. Copenhagen, 21 December 1890).
• Heisnam, Sabitri (b. Mayang Imphal, 1946).
• Hennings, Betty (b. Copenhagen, 26 October 1850; d. Gentofte, 27 October 1939).
• Henry, Martha (b. Detroit, 17 February 1938).
• Hensel, Sophie Friederike (b. Dresden, 1737/8; d. Schleswig, 22 November 1789).
• Hepburn, Katherine (b. Hartford, Connecticut, 12 May 1907; d. Fenwick, Connecticut, 29 June 2003).
• Herrera, Brisolia (b. Concepción, Chile, 24 March 1924; d. Concepción, Chile, 16 August 2011).
• Hewlett, James (b. 1778; d. 1836).
• Heywood, Thomas (b. Lincolnshire, England (?), early 1570s; d. London, 16 August 1641).
• Higazi, Salama (b. Alexandria, 1852; d. Cairo, 4 October 1917).
• Hijikata Yoshi, (b. Tokyo, 16 April 1898; d. Tokyo, 4 June 1959).
• Hijjo, Omar (b. Aleppo, 31 March 1931).
• Hill, John (b. Peterborough (?), c.1714; d. London, 22 November 1775).
• Hipólito, Carlos (b. Madrid, 30 November 1956).
• Hirata Oriza, (b. Tokyo, November 1962).
• Hjortsberg, Lars (b. Stockholm, 23 November 1772; d. Nyköping, 8 July 1843).
• Hochschule für Schauspielkunst‚ Ernst Busch (Ernst Busch Academy for Acting).
• Hoffman, Philip Seymour (b. Fairport, New York, 23 July 1967; d. New York, 2 February 2014).
• Holbrook, Hal (b. Cleveland, Ohio, 17 February 1925).
• Holoubek, Gustaw (b. Cracow, 21 April 1923; d. Warsaw, 6 March 2008).
• Homar, Lluís (b. Barcelona, 20 April 1957).
• hong qushu.
• Hong Shen, (b. Changzhou, China, 1894; d. Beijing, 1955).
• Hoppe, Marianne (b. Rostock, Germany, 26 April 1909; d. Siegsdorf, Germany, 23 October 2002).
• Howard, Alan (b. London, 5 August 1937).
• huabu and yabu.
• Huang Fanchuo, (fl. eighth century CE).
• humours.
• Hunt, Leigh (b. London, 19 October 1784; d. Putney, London, 28 August 1859).
• Huppert, Isabelle (b. Paris, 16 March 1953).
• Hurwicz, Angelika (b. Berlin, 22 April 1922; d. Bergen, Netherlands, 26 November 1999).
• Husain, Fida (‘Narsi’) (b. Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, 1899; d. Moradabad, July 1999).
• Hutt, William (b. Toronto, 2 May 1920; d. Stratford, Ontario, 27 June 2007).
• Hwang Cheol, (b. Cheongyang, Korea, 11 January, 1912; d. Pyongyang, North Korea, 9 June 1961).
• Hwasser, Elise (b. Stockholm, 16 March 1831; d. Fiskebäckskil, Sweden, 28 January 1894).
• Hyland, Frances (b. Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, 25 April 1927; d. Toronto, 11 July 2004).
• Hyman, Earle (b. Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 11 October 1926).
• I
• Iakovlev, Aleksei Semenovich (b. St Petersburg, 3 (14) November 1773; d. St Petersburg, 3 (15) November 1817).
• Iavorskaia, Lydiia Borisovna (b. Kiev, 1871; d. Brighton, England, 1921).
• Ibrahim, ‘Abdel-Mone’im (b. Cairo, 24 December 1924; d. Cairo, 18 November 1987).
• Ibsen, Lillebil (b. Christiania, 6 August 1899; d. Oslo, 22 August 1989).
• Ichikawa Danjûrô.
• His son, Danjûrô, II (b. 1688; d. 1758)
• Danjûrô, IV (b. 1711; d. 1778),
• Danjûrô, V (b. 1741; d. 1806)
• Danjûrô, VII (b. 1791; d. 1859)
• Danjûrô, VIII (b. 1823; d. 1854)
• Danjûrô, IX (b. 1838; d. 1903),
• Danjûrô, XII (b. 1946; d. 2013)
• Ichikawa Ennosuke.
• Ichikawa Ennosuke, III (b. Tokyo, 9 December 1939)
• Ichikawa Sadanji.
• Iffland, August Wilhelm (b. Hanover, 19 April 1759; d. Berlin, 22 September 1814).
• Ikonomou, Thomas (b. Vienna, 1864; d. Athens, 1927).
• Ilinskii, Igor Vladimirovich (b. Moscow, 11 (24) July 1901; d. Moscow, 13 January 1987).
• Ilmari, Wilho (b. Kymi, Finland, 24 April 1888; d. Turku, 18 August 1983).
• Imam, ‘Adel (aka Al-Za’eim) (b. Al-Mansurah, Egypt, 17 May 1940).
• impersonation.
• improvisation.
• Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA).
• Indian street theatre.
• Institut del Teatre.
• Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte (IUNA, National University Institute of Art).
• intercultural theatre.
• Iris, Esperanza (b. Villahermosa, 30 March 1888; d. Mexico City, 7 November 1962).
• Irving, Henry (b. Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, England, 6 February 1838; d. Bradford, England, 13 October 1905).
• Irwin, Bill (b. Santa Monica, California, 11 April 1950).
• Iurev, Iurii Mikhailovich (b. Moscow, 3 (15) January 1872; d. Leningrad, 13 March 1948).
• Iuzhin, Aleksandr Ivanovich (b. Kukuevka, Russia, 4 (16) September 1857; d. Nice, France, 17 September 1927).
• Ivan Vazov People’s Theatre.
• Iwamatsu Ryō, (b. Nagasaki, 26 March 1952).
• Izquierdo, María (b. Santiago, Chile, 1960).
• Izumo no Okuni, (b. 1572?; d. 1613?).
• J
• Jackson, Glenda (b. Birkenhead, England, 9 May 1936).
• Jacobi, Derek (b. Leytonstone, England, 22 October 1938).
• Jaguar Jokers (JJs)
• Jaishankar, Bhudhardas Bhojak (b. Visnagar, 1889; d. 1975).
• Jale, Afife (b. Istanbul, 1902; d. Istanbul, 24 July 1941).
• Jana Natya Manch (People’s Theatre Front).
• Jana Sanskriti.
• Jaques-Dalcroze, Émile (b. Vienna, 6 July 1865; d. Geneva, 1 July 1950).
• Jaracz, Stefan, (b. Stare Žukowice, Poland, 24 December 1883; d. Otwock, Poland, 11 August 1945).
• Jászai Mari, (b. Ászár, Hungary, 24 February 1850; d. Budapest, 5 October 1926).
• jatra (‘journey’).
• Jayasree, B. (b. Bangalore, 1950).
• Jebrane, Touria (b. Casablanca, 1952).
• Jefferson, Joseph III (b. Philadelphia, 20 February 1829; d. Palm Beach, Florida, 23 April 1905).
• Jelgerhuis, Johannes (b. Leeuwarden, Netherlands, 1770; d. Amsterdam, 6 October 1836).
• jiaban.
• Jiao Juyin, (b. Tianjin, China, 1905; d. Beijing, 1975).
• jiaofang.
• jiaose hangdang.
• jiben gong.
• Jin Shijie, (b. Pingdong, Taiwan, 1951).
• jingju.
• Joglars, Els (The Jesters).
• Johnson, Ishmael (b. 1904; d. 1985).
• Johnstone, Keith (b. Brixham, Devon, England, February 1933).
• Joint Stock Theatre Company.
• Jones, James Earl (b. Arkabutla, Mississippi, 17 January 1931).
• Jos Repertory Theatre.
• Josephson, Erland (b. Stockholm, 15 June 1923; d. Stockholm, 25 February 2012).
• Jouvet, Louis (b. Crozon, France, 24 December 1887; d. Paris, 16 August 1951).
• Juan Rana, (b. 1593; d. 1672).
• Juliá, Raúl (b. San Juan, Puerto Rico, 9 March 1940; d. Manhasset, New York, 24 October 1994).
• Julliard School.
• Junction Avenue Theatre Company (JATC).
• K
• kabuki.
• Kachalov, Vasilii Ivanovich (b. Vilna, 30 January (11 February) 1875; d. Moscow, 30 September 1948).
• Kaghat, Mohammed (b. 1942; d. 2001).
• Kainz, Josef (b. Wieselburg, Austria-Hungary, 2 January 1858; d. Vienna, 20 September 1910).
• kalarippayattu.
• Kalogerikou, Hristina (b. Constantinople, 1885; d. Athens, 3 November 1968).
• Kamińska, Ida (b. Odessa, Russia, 18 September 1899; d. New York City, 21 May 1980).
• Kamĩrĩĩthũ Community Centre Theatre Group.
• Kan’ami Kiyotsugu, (b. Iga Province?, Japan, 1333; d. Suruga Province, 8 June 1384).
• Kani, John (b. New Brighton, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 20 November 1942).
• Kanze Hisao, (b. 1925; d. 1978).
• Kapoor, Prithviraj (b. Samundari, Punjab, now Faisalbad, Pakistan, November 1906; d. Mumbai, 29 May 1972).
• Kara Jūrō, (b. Tokyo, 11 February 1940).
• Karaca, Muammer(b. Istanbul, 8 November 1906; d. Istanbul, 28 April 1978).
• Karatygin, Vasilii Andreevich (b. St Petersburg, 26 February (10 March) 1802; d. St Petersburg, 13 (25) March 1853).
• Karezi, Jenny (b. Athens, 12 January 1933; d. Athens, 27 July 1992).
• Kargahe Namayesh (Theatre Workshop).
• Karya, Teguh (b. Pangdeglang, Indonesia, 22 September 1937; d. Jakarta, 11 December 2001).
• al-Kassar, ‘Ali (b. Cairo, 13 June 1887; d. Cairo, 15 January 1957).
• kathakali.
• Katona József Theatre.
• Katrakis, Manos(b. Casteli, Crete, 14 August 1908; d. Athens, 2 September 1984).
• Kawakami Otojirō, (b. Fukuoka, Japan, 8 February 1864; d. Osaka, 11 November 1911).
• Kawakami, Sada Yakko (b. Tokyo, 18 July 1871; d. Atami, Japan, 7 December 1946).
• Kazak, Fayez (b. Latakia, Syria, 5 June 1955).
• Kean, Edmund (b. London, 17 March 1787; d. London, 15 May 1833).
• Kean, Marie (b. Rush, County Dublin, 27 June 1918; d. Dublin, 29 December 1993).
• Kedrov, Mikhail Nikolaevich(b. Moscow, 21 December 1893 (2 January 1894); d. Moscow, 22 March 1972).
• Keller, Inge (b. Berlin, 15 December 1923).
• Keltoum, (b. Blida, Algeria, 4 April 1916; d. Oran, 11 November 2010).
• Kemble, John Philip (b. Prescot, Lancashire, England, 1 February 1757; d. Lausanne, Switzerland, 26 February 1823).
• Kempe, William (d. (buried) London, 2 November 1603).
• Kenter, Müşfik (b. Istanbul, 9 September 1932; d. Istanbul, 15 August 2012).
• Kenter, Yildiz (b. Istanbul, 11 October 1928).
• Khorvash, Fakhri (b. Kermanshah, 1929).
• Kielanowski, Leopold (b. Lwów, 1907; d. London, 1988).
• Kierkegaard, Søren Aabye (b. Copenhagen, 5 May 1813; d. Copenhagen, 11 November 1855).
• Kingsley, Ben (b. Scarborough, England, 31 December 1943).
• Kishida Kyōko, (b. Tokyo, 29 April 1930; d. Tokyo, 17 December 2006).
• Kissimov, Konstantin (b. Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, 16 April 1897; d. Sofia, 16 August 1965).
• Kline, Kevin (b. St Louis, Missouri, 24 October 1947).
• Knebel, Mariia Osipovna (b. Moscow, 6 (18) May 1898; d. Moscow, 1 June 1985).
• Knipper(-Chekhova), Olga Leonardovna(b. Glazov, Russia, 9 (21) September 1868; d. Moscow, 22 March 1959).
• Koch, Heinrich Gottfried (b. Gera, 1703; d. Berlin, 3 January 1775).
• Kohout, Eduard (b. České Budejovice, 6 March 1889; d. Prague, 25 October 1976).
• Komissarzhevskaia, Vera Fedorovna(b. St Petersburg, 27 October (8 November) 1864; d. Tashkent, 10 February 1910).
• Koonen, Alisa Georgievna (b. Moscow, 5 (17) October 1889; d. Moscow, 20 August 1974).
• Kortner, Fritz (b. Vienna, 12 May 1892; d. Munich, 22 July 1970).
• Kotopouli, Marika (b. Athens, 3 May 1887; d. Athens, 3 September 1954).
• Kotopoulis, Dimitrios (b. Constantinople, 1848; d. 1919).
• kouchuan xinshou.
• Kraljeva, Božena (b. Zagreb, Croatia, 11 December 1904; d. Zagreb, Croatia, 12 July 1989).
• Krauss, Werner (b. Gestungshausen, Germany, 23 June 1884; d. Vienna, 20 October 1959).
• Krones, Therese (b. Freudenthal, Silesia, 7 October 1801; d. Vienna, 28 December 1830).
• Krstic, Liljana (b. Kargujevac, Yugoslavia, 31 October 1919; d. Belgrade, Serbia, 12 April 2001).
• Ksentini, Rachid (b. Bouzareah, Algeria, 11 November 1887; d. Algiers, 4 August 1944).
• kunqu.
• Kunqu Chuanxi Suo.
• Kurtiz, Tuncel (b. Izmit, Turkey, 1 February 1936; d. Istanbul, 27 September 2013).
• Kusum Agromma.
• kutiyattam.
• Kvapilová, Hana (b. Prague, 29 November 1860; d. Prague, 8 April 1907).
• Kvrgić, Pero (b. Srpske Moravice, Croatia, 4 March 1927).
• Kynaston, Edward (b. (baptized) Oswestry, Shropshire, England, 20 April 1643; d. (buried) London, 30 July 1712).
• kyôgen.
• L
• La Grange, (b. c.1635; d. 1 March 1692).
• Laban, Rudolf (b. Poszony, Austria-Hungary, 15 December 1879; d. Weybridge, England, 1 July 1958).
• LAByrinth Theatre.
• Ladipo, Duro (b. Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria, 18 December 1931; d. Osogbo, 11 March 1978).
• Ladvenant y Quirante, María (b. Valencia, 23 July 1741; d. Madrid, 1 April 1767).
• Lafayette Players, The.
• Lahham, Duraid (b. Damascus, 31 January 1934).
• Lahr, Bert (b. New York City, 13 August 1895; d. New York City, 4 December 1967).
• Lähteenoja, Mimmi (b. Helsinki, 27 August 1865; d. Helsinki, 20 October 1937).
• Lamadrid, Teodora (b. Saragossa, Spain, 26 November 1821; d. Madrid, 21 April 1896).
• Lamb, Charles (b. London, 10 February 1775; d. London, 27 December 1834).
• Lambeti, Elli (b. Vilia, Attiki, Greece, 13 April 1926; d. New York City, 3 September 1983).
• Lampe, Jutta (b. Flensburg, 13 December 1943).
• Landovský, Pavel (b. Německý Brod, 11 September 1936).
• Langella, Frank (b. Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, 1 January 1938).
• Lansbury, Angela (b. London, 16 October 1925).
• Latorre, Carlos (b. Toro, Zamora, Spain, 2 November 1798; d. Madrid, 11 October 1851).
• Laube, Heinrich (b. Sprottau, Germany, 18 September 1806; d. Vienna, 1 August 1884).
• Laughton, Charles (b. Scarborough, England, 1 July 1899; d. Hollywood, California, 15 December 1962).
• Lawrence, Gertrude (b. London, 4 July 1898; d. New York City, 6 September 1952).
• Lazzarini, Giulia (b. Milan, 24 March 1934).
• Le Conte, Valeran (fl. 1590–1614).
• Le Gallienne, Eva (b. London, 11 January 1899; d. Weston, Connecticut, 3 June 1991).
• Lebedev, Evgenii Alekseevich (b. Balokovo, Russia, 15 January 1917; d. St Petersburg, 9 June 1997).
• Lecoq, Jacques (b. Paris, 15 December 1921; d. Paris, 19 January 1999).
• Lecouvreur, Adrienne (b. Damery, France, 5 April 1692; d. Paris, 20 March 1730).
• Lekain, (b. Paris, 14 April 1729; d. Paris, 8 February 1778).
• Lemaître, Frédérick (b. Le Havre, France, 28 July 1800; d. Paris, 26 January 1876).
• Lenskii, Aleksandr Pavlovich (b. Chişinău, Moldavia, 1 (13) October 1847; d. Moscow, 13 (26) October 1908).
• Lenya, Lotte (b. Vienna, 18 October 1898; d. New York City, 27 November 1981).
• Leonov, Evgenii Pavlovich (b. Moscow, 2 September 1926; d. Moscow, 29 January 1994).
• Lepeniotis, Tilemahos (b. Kerkira, Greece, 1877; d. Athens, 1945).
• Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim (b. Kamenz, East Saxony, 22 January 1729; d. Brunswick, 15 February 1781).
• Lewes, George Henry (b. London, 18 April 1817; d. London, 30 November 1878).
• Lewis, Robert (b. Brooklyn, New York, 16 March 1909; d. New York, 23 November 1997).
• Li yuan yuan.
• Liberated Theatre, The (Osvobozené divadlo).
• Lilina (Perevoshchikova), Mariia Petrovna (b. Moscow, 21 June (3 July) 1866; d. Moscow, 24 August 1943).
• Lindström, Erik (b. Helsinki, 9 November 1906; d. Helsinki, 27 September 1974).
• Linklater, Kristin (b. Orkney Islands, Scotland, 22 April 1936).
• liturgical drama.
• Liubimov, Iurii Petrovich (b. Yaroslavl, 30 September 1917).
• liupai.
• Living Theatre, The.
• liyuan (The Pear Garden).
• Lizaran, Anna (b. Esparreguera, Catalonia, 31 August 1944; d. Barcelona, 12 January 2013).
• Logothetidis, Vasilis (b. Myriofito, Greece, 1897; d. Athens, 20 February 1960).
• London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
• López Moctezuma, Carlos (b. Mexico City, 19 November 1909; d. Aguascalientes, Mexico, 14 July 1980).
• López Tarso, Ignacio (b. Mexico City, 15 January 1925).
• Loreta, (b. 1911; d. Vienna, Austria, 29 March 1998).
• Lumière and Son.
• Luna, Rita (b. Málaga, Spain, 28 April 1770; d. Madrid, 6 March 1832).
• Lunt, Alfred (b. Milwaukee, 12 August 1892; d. Chicago, 3 August 1977) and Lynn Fontanne, (b. London, 6 December 1887; d. Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, 30 July 1983).
• LuPone, Patti (b. Long Island, New York, 21 April 1949).
• M
• Ma Jin, (fl. 1573 to 1627).
• Ma Shizeng, (b. Guangdong Province, China, 1900; d. 1964).
• Maatschappij Discordia.
• Mabou Mines.
• McCann, Donal (b. Dublin, 7 May 1943; d. Dublin, 17 July 1999).
• McClendon, Rose (b. New York, 27 August 1884; d. New York, 12 July 1936).
• MacGowran, Jack (b. Dublin, 13 October 1918; d. New York City, 31 January 1973).
• Machi, Carmen (b. Madrid, 21 September 1963).
• MacKay, F. F. (b. 1832; d. 1923).
• MacKaye, Steele (b. Buffalo, New York, 6 June 1842; d. Timpas, Colorado, 25 February 1894).
• McKellen, Ian (b. Burnley, England, 25 May 1939).
• McKenna, Siobhán (b. Belfast, 24 May 1923; d. Dublin, 16 November 1986).
• Macklin, Charles (b. County Donegal, Ireland, 1699; d. London, 11 July 1797).
• Mac Liammóir, Micheál (b. London, 25 October 1899; d. Dublin, 6 March 1978).
• Macready, William Charles (b. London, 3 March 1793; d. Cheltenham, England, 27 April 1873).
• Madbouli, ‘Abdel Moneim (b. Cairo, 8 December 1921; d. Cairo, 9 July 2006).
• Madhu, Margi (b. 1966).
• Magnani, Anna (b. Rome, 7 March 1908; d. Rome, 27 September 1973).
• al-Mahdiya, Munira (b. Al-Sharqiya, Egypt, 16 May 1885; d. Cairo, 12 March 1965).
• Máiquez, Isidoro (b. Cartagena, Spain, 17 March 1768; d. Granada, 18 March 1820).
• Major Tamás, (b. Újpest, Austria-Hungary, 26 January 1910; d. Budapest, 13 April 1986).
• make-up.
• Mako Iwamatsu, (b. Kobe, Japan, 10 December 1933; d. Somis, California, 21 July 2006).
• Malaon, Tuti Indra (b. Jakarta, 1 September 1939; d. Jakarta, 20 September 1989).
• Malii Drama Theatre.
• Malina, Judith
• Malkovich, John (b. Christopher, Illinois, 9 December 1953).
• Mallarino, Victor (b. Bogotá, 1909; d. 1967).
• Manojlović, Predrag Miki (b. Belgrade, 5 April 1950).
• Manolidou, Vaso (b. Athens, 1912; d. Athens, 11 August 2004).
• Mansfield, Richard (b. Berlin, 24 May 1854; d. New London, Connecticut, 30 August 1907).
• Mao Daichi, (b. Sumoto, Hyōgo, Japan, 5 February 1956).
• Marceau, Marcel (b. Strasbourg, 22 March 1923; d. Cahors, 22 September 2007).
• Marchionni, Carlotta (b. Pescia, Italy, 14 June 1796; d. Turin, 1 February 1861).
• Marini, Marilú (b. Buenos Aires, 15 June 1945).
• Mario, Emilio (b. Granada, 30 January 1838; d. Madrid, 8 August 1899).
• Marlowe, Julia (b. Keswick, Cumberland, England, 17 August 1866; d. New York, 12 November 1950).
• Maron, Hanna (b. Berlin, 22 November 1923; d. Tel Aviv, 30 May 2014).
• Mars, Mlle (b. Paris, 9 February 1779; d. Paris, 20 March 1847).
• Marshall, Niní (b. Buenos Aires, 1 June 1903; d. Buenos Aires, 18 March 1996).
• Marsillach, Adolfo (b. Barcelona, 25 January 1928; d. Madrid, 21 January 2002).
• martial arts.
• Martin, Mary (b. Weatherford, Texas, 1 December 1913; d. Rancho Mirage, California, 3 November 1990).
• Martinelli, Tristano (b. Marcaria, Italy, 7 April 1557; d. Mantua, 1 March 1630).
• Martínez, Jesus ‘Palillo’ (b. Guadalajara, Mexico, 13 April 1913; d. Mexico City, 11 November 1994).
• Martynov, Aleksandr Evstafevich (b. St Petersburg, 8 (20) July 1816; d., Kharkov 16 (28) August, 1860).
• mask.
• Massoud, Ghassan (b. Damascus, 20 September 1958).
• Mathews the Elder, Charles, (b. London, 28 June 1776; d. Devonport, 28 June 1835).
• Mathews the Younger Charles, (b. Liverpool, 26 December 1803; d. Manchester, 24 June 1878).
• Matkowsky, Adalbert (b. Königsberg, 6 December 1857; d. Berlin, 16 March 1909).
• Matsui Sumako, (b. Matsushiro, Nagano, Japan, 1 November 1886; d. 5 January 1919).
• Matsumoto Koshirô,
• Koshirô VII (b. Tokyo, 12 May 1870; d. 27 January 1949)
• Mauri, Glauco (b. Pesaro, Italy, 1 October 1930).
• Medebach, Girolamo (b. Rome, 1706; d. 1790?).
• Medjoubi, Azzedine (b. Bejaia, 1947; d. Algiers, 13 February 1995).
• Mehta, Vijaya (b. Vadodara, Gujarat, India, 4 November 1934).
• Mei Lanfang, (b. Hebei Province, China, 22 October 1894; d. Beijing, 8 August 1961).
• Meierkhold, Vsevolod Emilievich (b. Penza, Russia, 28 January (9 February) 1874; d. Moscow, 2 February 1940).
• Meininger
• Meisner, Sanford (b. New York City, 31 August 1905; d. Sherman Oaks, California, 2 February 1997).
• Melato, Mariangela (b. Milan, 19 September 1943; d. Rome, 11 January 2013).
• Melo, Jorge Silva (b. Lisbon, 7 August 1948).
• melodrama.
• Membrives, Lola (b. Buenos Aires, 28 June 1888; d. Buenos Aires, 31 October 1969).
• Menzel, Idina (b. New York, 30 May 1971).
• Mercouri, Melina (b. Athens, 18 October 1920; d. New York City, 6 March 1994).
• Meredith, Burgess (b. Cleveland, Ohio, 16 November 1907; d. Malibu, California, 9 September 1997).
• Merello, Tita (b. Buenos Aires, 11 October 1904; d. Buenos Aires, 24 December 2002).
• Mer-Khamis, Juliano (b. Nazareth, Israel, 29 May 1958; d. Jenin, West Bank, 4 April 2011).
• Merman, Ethel (b. Astoria, Queens, New York, 16 January 1908; d. New York City, 15 February 1984).
• Meskin, Aaron (b. Shumiaz, Russia, 1898; d. Israel, 1974).
• Metawe’, Karam (b. 1933; d. 1996).
• Method acting.
• Mikey, Fanny (b. Buenos Aires, 1930; d. Cali, Colombia, 16 August 2008).
• Mikhoels, Solomon Mikhailovich (b. Dvinsk, 4 (16) March 1890; d. Minsk, 13 January 1948).
• Mikkelsen, Lars Dittmann (b. Gladsaxe, Denmark, 6 May 1964).
• Mikołajska, Halina (b. Cracow, 22 March 1925; d. Warsaw, 22 June 1989).
• Millo, Matei (b. Stolniceni-Prăjescu, 25 November 1814; d. Bucharest, 9 September 1896).
• Milosević, Mata (b. Belgrade, 25 December 1901; d. Belgrade, 18 October 1997).
• Milutinović, Dobrica (b. Niš, Serbia, 30 August 1880; d. Belgrade, 18 November 1956).
• mime.
• Minetti, Bernhard (b. Kiel, Germany, 26 January 1905; d. Berlin, 12 October 1998).
• Minotis, Alexis (b. Hania, Crete, 8 August 1898; d. Athens, 11 November 1990).
• Mirat, Mitsos (b. Smyrna, 1878; d. Athens, 3 January 1964).
• Mirren, Helen (b. Chiswick, England, 26 July 1945).
• mise-en-scène.
• Mitra, Sombhu (b. Kolkata, India, 22 August 1915; d. Kolkata, 19 May 1997).
• Mitra, Tripti (b. Dinajpur, Bengal, 25 October 1925; d. Kolkata, India, 1989).
• Mitterwurzer, Anton Friedrich (b. Dresden, Germany, 16 October 1844; d. Vienna, 13 February 1897).
• Mizutani Yaeko, (b. Tokyo, 1 August 1905; d. Tokyo, 1 October 1979).
• Mnouchkine, Ariane (b. Boulogne-sur-Seine, France, 20 March 1939).
• Mochalov, Pavel (b. Moscow, 3 (15) November 1800; d. Moscow, 16 (28) March 1848).
• Modena, Gustavo (b. Venice, 13 January 1803; d. Turin, 20 February 1861).
• Modrzejewska, Helena (US: Modjeska) (b. Cracow, 12 October 1840; d. Newport Beach, California, 8 April 1909).
• Mohun, Michael (b. c.1616; d. London, (buried) 11 October 1684).
• Moissi, Alexander (Aleksandër Moisiu) (b. Trieste, Austria-Hungary, 2 April 1879; d. Vienna, 23 March 1935).
• Molière, (b. Paris, 15 January 1622; d. Paris, 17 February 1673).
• Montansier, Mlle (b. Bayonne, France, 19 December 1730; d. Paris, 13 July 1820).
• Montdory, (b. Thiers, 13 March 1594; d. Thiers, 10 November 1653).
• Montejo, Carmen (b. Pinar del Río, Cuba, 26 May 1925; d. Mexico City, 25 February 2013).
• Montenegro, Fernanda (b. Rio de Janeiro, 16 October 1929).
• Montoya, María Tereza (b. Mexico City, 17 June 1900; d. Mexico City, 1 August 1970).
• morality plays.
• Morante, Luis Ambrosio (b. Buenos Aires, 1780; d. Santiago de Chile, 1835).
• Moreau, Jeanne (b. Paris, 23 January 1928).
• Moreira, Cristina (b. Argentina, 1940s).
• Morelli, Alamanno (b. Brescia, Italy, 28 June 1812; d. Scandicci, Italy, 1893).
• Moreno, Mario(Cantinflas) (b. Mexico City, 12 August 1911; d. Mexico City, 20 April 1993).
• Morgenstern, Maia (b. Bucharest, 1 May 1962).
• Moscow Art Theatre.
• Moscow State Yiddish (Jewish) Theatre (GOSET).
• Moskvin, Ivan Mihailovich (b. Moscow, 6 (?) (18) June 1874; d. Moscow, 16 February 1946).
• Mošna, Jindřich (b. Prague, 1 August 1837; d. Prague, 6 May 1911).
• Mostel, Zero (b. Brooklyn, New York, 28 February 1915; d. Philadelphia, 8 September 1977).
• Motilal, Phani Bhushan (b. 1910; d. 1972).
• motivation.
• Mounet-Sully, Jean (b. Bergerac, France, 28 February 1841; d. Paris, 1 March 1916).
• Moustaka-Plessa, Athanasia (b. 1898; d. 1968).
• movement.
• Mtwa, Percy (b. 1954).
• el-Muhandes, Fuad (b. Cairo, 6 September 1924; d. Cairo, 16 September 2006).
• Mühe, Ulrich (b. Grimma, Saxony, East Germany, 20 June 1953; d. Walbeck, Germany, 22 July 2007).
• Muiño, Enrique (b. Laracha, Galicia, Spain, 5 July 1881; d. Buenos Aires, 24 May 1956).
• Mukhopadhyay, Phani Bhusan (b. Hugli District, West Bengal, 1894; d. 1968).
• multimedia and virtual performance.
• Mun Ye-bong, (b. January (?) 1917, Seoul, southern Korea; d. 26 March 1999, Pyongyang, North Korea).
• Muni, Paul (b. Lvov, Austria-Hungary, 22 September 1895; d. Montecito, California, 25 August 1967).
• Murali, Bharat (b. Kudavattoor, Kollam, Kerala, India, 25 May 1954; d. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 6 August 2009).
• Murguía, Ana Ofelia (b. Mexico City, 8 December 1933).
• Muvahhit Statzer, Bedia (b. Moda, Istanbul, 16 January 1897; d. Istanbul, 20 January 1994).
• N
• Nagarathnamma, R. (b. Mysore, 1926; d. Bangalore, 6 October 2012).
• Nakamura Kanzaburô.
• Kanzaburô, I (b. 1597; d. 1658)
• Kanzaburô, XVII (b. 29 July 1909; d. Tokyo, 16 April 1988)
• Nakamura Nobuo, (b. Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, 14 September 1908; d. Tokyo, 5 July 1991).
• Nakamura Utaemon.
• Nangiar, Usha (b. 1969).
• Nansen, Betty (b. Copenhagen, 19 March 1873; d. Copenhagen, 15 March 1943).
• nanxi/chuanqi.
• naqqāls.
• Naselli, Alberto (Zan Ganassa) (b. c.1540; d. c.1584?).
• National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).
• National Theatre of the Deaf, The (NTD).
• naturalism.
• nautanki.
• Navas, María de (b. Milan, 1666; d. 1721).
• Naya Theatre.
• Negro Ensemble Company (NEC).
• Nestroy, Johann Nepomuk (b. Vienna, 7 December 1801; d. Graz, 25 May 1862).
• Neuber, Friedericke Caroline (b. Reichenbach im Vogtland, 8 March 1697; d. Laubegast, Dresden, 29 November 1760).
• Nevin, Robyn (b. Melbourne, 25 September 1942).
• Nezer, Christoforos (b. Athens, 1887; d. Athens, 19 February 1970).
• Ngema, Mbogeni (b. Verulam, South Africa, 10 May 1955).
• Nika-Arniotaki, Rozalia (b. 1893; d. 1974).
• Nimrod Theatre Company.
• 1960 Masks, The.
• Nishikawa, Lane (b. Wahiawa, Hawaii, 1956).
• Noda Hideki, (b. Saikai, Nagasaki, Japan, 20 December 1955).
• Noer, Arifin C. (b. Cirebon, 10 March 1941; d. Jakarta, 28 May 1995).
• Noguera, Héctor (b. Santiago, 8 July 1937).
• noh.
• Nørby, Ghita (b. Copenhagen, 11 January 1935).
• Nottara, Constantin (b. Bucharest, 5 June 1859; d. Bucharest, 16 October 1935).
• Novo, Salvador (b. Mexico City, 30 July 1904; d. Mexico City, 13 January 1974).
• Ntshona, Winston (b. Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 6 October 1941).
• Núñez, Ramón (b. Santiago, 30 November 1941).
• Nuti, Franca (b. Turin, 1929).
• O
• objective.
• Obregón, Claudio (b. San Luis Potosi, 11 July 1935; d. Mexico City, 13 November 2010).
• Odin Teatret.
• Ognyanov, Sava (b. Kyustendja, 24 May 1876; d. Sofia, 22 March 1933).
• Ogunde Theatre.
• Oh, Soon-Tek (b. Mokpo, Korea, 19 June 1943).
• Oida Yoshi, (b. Kobe, Japan, 26 July 1933).
• Ökte, Melek (b. Kastamonu, Turkey, 1919; d. Izmir, 1975).
• Olivier, Laurence (b. Dorking, England, 22 May 1907; d. Steyning, West Sussex, 11 July 1989).
• O’Neill, Maire (b. Dublin, 12 January 1885; d. Basingstoke, England, 2 November 1952).
• one-person shows.
• onkos.
• onnagata gei.
• Onoe Kikugorô.
• Osanai Kaoru, (b. Hiroshima, 26 July 1881; d. Tokyo, 25 December 1928).
• Osmanlı Dram Kumpanyası (Ottoman Drama Company).
• Øst, Tammi (b. Copenhagen, 1 October 1958).
• Osterwa, Juliusz (b. Cracow, 23 June 1885; d. Warsaw, 10 May 1947).
• Ōta Shōgo, (b. Jinan, China, 1939; d. Tokyo, 13 July 2007).
• Otero, Clementina (b. 13 September 1909; d. 30 September 1996).
• Ouyang Yuqian, (b. Liuyang, Hunan Province, China, 1889; d. Beijing, 1962).
• P
• Paco, Lucrécia (b. Maputo, Mozambique, 19 October 1969).
• Page, Geraldine (b. Kirksville, Missouri, 22 November 1924; d. New York, 13 June 1987).
• Pagneux, Monika (b. Berlin, 1927).
• Palani, M. (b. 1975).
• Palo, Tauno (b. Hämeenlinna, Finland, 25 October 1908; d. Helsinki, 24 May 1982).
• pantomime.
• Pantopoulos, Evangelos (b. Athens, 1860; d. Athens, 1913).
• Papadaki, Eleni (b. Athens, 4 November 1903; d. Athens, 22 December 1944).
• Papaioannou, Ioannis (b. 1875; d. Athens, 1931).
• Parada, Roberto (b. Concepción, Chile, 15 September 1909; d. Moscow, Russia, 19 November 1986).
• Paraskevopoulou, Evangelia (b. Constantinople, 1865; d. Athens, 19 January 1938).
• Pardavé, Arce Joaquín (b. Pénjamo, Mexico, 30 September 1900; d. Mexico City, 20 July 1955).
• Paredes, Marisa (b. Madrid, 3 April 1946).
• Parravicini, Florencio (b. Buenos Aires, 24 August 1876; d. Buenos Aires, 25 March 1941).
• Pasupathi, (b. Maduravoyal, Tamil Nadu, India, 18 May 1969).
• Pathak, Dina (b. Amreli, Gujarat, 4 March 1922; d. Mumbai, 11 October 2002).
• Patinkin, Mandy (b. Chicago, 30 November 1952).
• pause.
• Pavlovsky, Eduardo (b. Buenos Aires, 10 December 1933).
• Paxinou, Katina (b. Piraeus, 17 December 1900; d. Athens, 22 February 1973).
• Pei Yanling, (b. Hebei Province, China, 1947).
• Peña, Vicky (b. Barcelona, 11 January 1954).
• Peng Tianxi, (fl. 1621–45).
• performance.
• performance art.
• Periférico de Objetos, El.
• Personne, Nils (b. Stockholm, 15 January 1850; d. Stockholm, 15 June 1928).
• Pesyani, Atila (b. Tehran, 1957).
• Peters, Bernadette (b. New York, 28 February 1948).
• Petraglia, Jorge (b. Buenos Aires, 1927; d. Buenos Aires, 14 March 2004).
• Petrolini, Ettore (b. Rome, 13 January 1884; d. Rome, 29 June 1936).
• Pezzana, Giacinta, (b. Turin, 28 January 1841; d. Acireale, 5 November 1919).
• Phelps, Samuel (b. Plymouth, England, 13 February 1804; d. Epping, England, 6 November 1878).
• Philipe, Gérard (b. Cannes, 4 December 1922; d. Paris, 25 November 1959).
• Pica, Tina (b. Naples, 31 March 1884; d. Naples, 16 August 1968).
• Piccolo Teatro, Teatro d’Europa, and Scuola di Teatro.
• Piisimi, Vittoria (fl. 1573–95).
• Pinal, Silvia (b. Guaymas, 12 September 1931).
• Pirandello, Luigi (b. Agrigento, 28 June 1867; d. Rome, 10 December 1936).
• play.
• Plessas, Nikolaos (b. Patras, 1880; d. 1942).
• Plummer, Christopher (b. Montreal, 13 December 1929).
• Podestá, Blanca (b. La Plata, Buenos Aires, 6 July 1889; d. Buenos Aires, 17 May 1967).
• Podestá, José Juan (b. Montevideo, Uruguay, 6 October 1858; d. La Plata, Buenos Aires, 5 March 1937).
• Podestá, Pablo (b. Montevideo, Uruguay, 22 November 1875; d. Buenos Aires, 26 April 1923).
• Podgorska, Vika (b. Bistrica v Rožu/Feistritz im Rosental, Austria, 13 May 1898; d. Maribor, Yugoslavia, 12 July 1984).
• Poel, William (b. London, 22 July 1852; d. London, 13 December 1934).
• Poitier, Sidney (b. Miami, 20 February 1927).
• Polič, Radko (b. Černomelj, Yugoslavia, 8 August 1942).
• Polívka, Bolek (b. Vizovice, 31 July 1949).
• Popolizio, Massimo (b. Genoa, 1 January 1961).
• Popov, Aleksei Dmitrievich (b. Nikolaevsk, Russia, 12 (24) March 1892; d. Moscow, 18 August 1961).
• Popova, Rosa (b. 1879; d. 1949).
• Porat, Orna (b. Cologne, Germany, 6 June 1924).
• Portillo, Blanca (b. Madrid, 15 June 1963).
• Pou, Josep Maria (b. Mollet del Vallés, Barcelona, 19 November 1944).
• Pöysti, Lasse Erik (b. Sortavala, Finland, 24 January 1927).
• Pregones.
• presence.
• Pritchard, Hannah (b. London, 28 October 1709; d. Bath, 20 August 1768).
• Prličko, Petre (b. Veles, Macedonia, 13 March 1907; d. Skopje, Yugoslavia, 16 November 1995).
• Proclemer, Anna (b. Trento, 30 May 1923; d. Rome, 25 April 2013).
• projection.
• props.
• Prynne, William (b. Upper Swainswick, Somerset, 1600; d. London, 24 October 1669).
• Pu Cunxin, (b. Beijing, 31 July 1953).
• Puerto Rican Travelling Theatre.
• puppetry.
• Q
• al-Qabbani, Ahmad Abu Khalil (b. Damascus, c.1833; d. Damascus, c.1903).
• Qali, Nihad (b. Damascus, 1 January 1928; d. 1 January 1993).
• Qinglou ji (Accounts of the Green Gallery).
• Qualtinger, Helmut (b. Vienna, 8 October 1928; d. Vienna, 29 September 1986).
• Qudsieh, Zetani (b. Haifa, British Mandate Palestine, 1947).
• Quin, James (b. London, 24 February 1693; d. Bath, 21 January 1766).
• Quinault-Dufresne, Abraham (b. Verdun, 9 September 1693; d. Paris, 12 February 1767).
• Quintilian (b. Calahorra, Spain, c.35 CE; d. c.100 CE).
• Quiroga, Camila (pseud. Camila Ramos) (b. Entre Rios, Argentina, 19 March 1891; d. Buenos Aires, 28 February 1948).
• R
• Raa-Winterhjelm, Hedvig Charlotte (b. Stockholm, 20 November 1838; d. Stockholm, 7 May 1907).
• Rabal, Francisco ‘Paco’ (b. Águilas Murcia, 8 March 1926; d. on plane from Bordeaux to Montreal, 29 August 2001).
• Rachel, (b. Mumpf, Aarau, Switzerland, 21 February 1820; d. Le Cannet, France, 3 January 1858).
• Radmilović, Zoran (b. Zaječar, Yugoslavia, 11 May 1933; d. Belgrade, 21 July 1985).
• Rădulescu, Dem (b. Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania, 30 September 1931; d. Bucharest, 17 September 2000).
• Rahardjo, Slamet (b. Serang, Indonesia, 21 January 1949).
• Raikh, Zinaida Nikolaevna (b. 21 June (3 July) 1894; d. Moscow, 15 July 1939).
• Raimund, Ferdinand (b. Vienna, 1 June 1790; d. Pottenstein, 5 September 1836).
• Rain, Douglas (b. Winnipeg, 1928).
• Rame, Franca (b. Parabiago, Milan, 18 July 1929; d. Milan, 29 May 2013).
• Rao, Maya Krishna (b. New Delhi, 1953).
• Rea, Stephen (b. Belfast, 31 October 1947).
• Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Madrid (RESAD).
• realism.
• Rebengiuc, Victor (b. Bucharest, 10 February 1933).
• Reda, Abdul Hussein Abdul (b. Sharq, Kuwait, 15 July 1939).
• Redgrave, Michael (b. Bristol, England, 20 March 1908; d. Denham, Buckinghamshire, 21 March 1985).
• Redgrave, Vanessa (b. Greenwich, England, 30 January 1937).
• Reenberg, Jørgen (b. Frederiksberg, Denmark, 8 November 1927).
• Rehan, Ada (b. Limerick, Ireland, 22 April 1860; d. New York City, 9 January 1916).
• rehearsal.
• Reicher, Emanuel (b. Bochnia, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, 18 June 1849; d. Berlin, 5 May 1924).
• Reid, Kate (b. London, England, 4 November 1930; d. Stratford, Ontario, 27 March 1993).
• Reinhardt, Max (b. Baden bei Wien, Austria-Hungary, 9 September 1873; d. New York City, 30 October 1943).
• Réjane, Gabrielle (b. Paris, 5 June 1856; d. Paris, 14 June 1920).
• Renaud, Madeleine (b. Paris, 21 February 1900; d. Neuilly-sur-Seine, 23 September 1994).
• Rendra, (b. Surakarta, 7 November 1935; d. Depok, West Java, 6 August 2009).
• Renegade Theatre.
• representation.
• Reumert, Poul (b. Copenhagen, 26 March 1883; d. Copenhagen, 19 April 1968).
• rhetoric.
• Riantiarno, N. (b. Cirebon, Indonesia, 6 June 1944).
• Riaza, Berta (b. Madrid, 27 July 1928).
• Riccoboni.
• Richardson, Ian (b. Edinburgh, 7 April 1934; d. London, 9 February 2007).
• Richardson, Ralph (b. Cheltenham, England, 22 December 1902; d. London, 10 October 1983).
• Rickman, Alan (b. London, 21 February 1946).
• al-Rihani, Naguib (b. Cairo, February 1889; d. Cairo, 8 June 1949).
• Rimini Protokoll.
• Rinne, Joel (b. Asikkala, Finland, 6 June 1897; d. Helsinki, 3 December 1981).
• Ristori, Adelaide (b. Cividale, 29 January 1822; d. Turin, 8 October 1906).
• ritual.
• Rizq, Amina (b. Tanta, Egypt, 15 April 1910; d. Cairo, 24 August 2003).
• Robards, Jason Jr(b. Chicago, 26 July 1922; d. Bridgeport, Connecticut, 26 December 2000).
• Roberts, George (b. Clarkill, Castlewellan, Ireland, 8 January 1873; d. London, 9 November 1953).
• Robeson, Paul (b. Princeton, New Jersey, 9 April 1898; d. Philadelphia, 23 January 1976).
• Robins, Elizabeth (b. Louisville, Kentucky, 6 August 1862; d. Brighton, England, 8 May 1952).
• Robinson, Edward G. (b. Bucharest, Romania, 12 December 1893; d. Los Angeles, 26 January 1973).
• Rodenburg, Patsy (b. 2 September 1953).
• Rodero, José María (b. Madrid, 26 December 1922; d. Madrid, 14 May 1991).
• Rodríguez, Concepción (b. Palma de Mallorca, 14 December 1802; d. Paris, 31 December 1859).
• Rodríguez, Jesusa (b. Mexico City, 1955).
• role.
• romanticism.
• Romea, Julián (b. Aldea de San Juan, Murcia, Spain, 16 February 1813; d. Loeches, 10 August 1868).
• Roscius Gallus, Quintus (b. Lavigna, Italy, c.126 BCE; d. 62 BCE).
• Rossi, Ernesto (b. Livorno, 27 March 1827; d. Pescara, 4 June 1896).
• Rouiched, (b. Algiers, 28 December 1921; d. El Biar, 28 January 1999).
• Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (b. Geneva, 28 June 1712; d. Ermenonville, 2 July 1778).
• Rovina, Hanna (b. Berezino, Russia, 1 (12) April 1888; d. Tel Aviv, 3 February 1980).
• Royaards, Willem (b. Amsterdam, 21 January 1867; d. Menton, France, 24 January 1929).
• Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, The (RADA).
• Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC).
• Ruggeri, Ruggero (b. Fano, 14 November 1871; d. Milan, 20 July 1953).
• Rush, Geoffrey (b. Toowoomba, Australia, 6 July 1951).
• Rushdi, Fatma (b. 1908; d. Cairo, 23 January 1996).
• Ružička-Strozzi, Marija (b. Litovel, Moravia, 3 August 1850; d. Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 28 September 1937).
• Rylance, Mark (b. Ashford, Kent, England, 18 January 1960).
• S
• Saad, Jihad (b. Latakia, 20 November 1959).
• Saddiki, Tayeb (b. Essaouira, 1938).
• Sadovskii and Sadovskaia.
• Sadr, Reza Arham (b. Isfahan, 2 May 1923; d. Isfahan, 14 December 2008).
• Saint-Denis, Michel (b. Beauvais, France, 13 September 1897; d. London, 31 July 1971).
• Sainte-Albine, Pierre Rémond de (b. Paris, 29 May 1699; d. Paris, 9 October 1778).
• Sakata Tôjûrô, (b. Kyoto, 1647; d. Kyoto, 1 November 1709).
• Tôjûrô, IV (b. 31 December 1931),
• Salmelainen, Eino (b. Ikaalinen, Finland, 30 March 1893; d. Tampere, 16 April 1975).
• Salminen, Esko (b. Helsinki, 12 October 1940).
• Salvini, Tommaso (b. Milan, 1 January 1829; d. Florence, 31 December 1915).
• San Francisco Actor’s Workshop.
• San Francisco Mime Troupe.
• sangeet natak.
• Sano, Seki (b. Tokyo, 14 January 1905; d. Mexico City, 28 September 1966).
• Sarafov, Krastyo (b. Libyahovo, Ottoman Empire, 6 April 1876; d. Sofia, 27 August 1952).
• Sarakasi Limited.
• Saran, Tilbe (b. Istanbul, 20 May 1961).
• Sarda, Rosa Maria (b. Barcelona, 30 July 1941)
• Sathi, Margi (b. 1963).
• Saunders, Justine (b. Quilpie, Australia, 20 February 1953; d. Sydney, 15 April 2007)
• Savina, Mariia Gavrilovna (b. Kamenetsk-Podol’sk, Ukraine, 30 March (11 April) 1854; d. St Petersburg, 8 (21) September 1915).
• Saxe-Meiningen, Georg II Duke of (b. Meiningen, 2 April 1826; d. Bad Wildungen, 25 June 1914) and Meiningen Company (Meininger) (1866–90).
• Schall, Ekkehard (b. Magdeburg, 29 May 1930; d. Berlin, 3 September 2005).
• Schaubühne Berlin.
• Schechner, Richard (b. New Jersey, 1934).
• Schleef, Einar (b. Sangerhausen, 17 January 1944; d. Berlin, 21 July 2001).
• Schneider, Benno (b. Nizhni Novgorod, 13 May 1902; d. Los Angeles, 13 August 1977).
• Schoenaerts, Julien (b. Eigenbilzen, Belgium, 3 August 1925; d. Antwerp, 7 September 2006).
• Scholz, Wenzel (b. Innsbruck, 28 March 1787; d. Vienna, 5 October 1857).
• Schönemann, Johann Friedrich (b. Crossen, Prussia, 24 October 1704; d. Schwerin, 16 March 1782).
• Schröder, Friedrich Ludwig (b. Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 3 November 1744; d. Rellingen, 3 September 1816).
• Schröder, Sophie (b. Paderborn, Prussia, 28 February/1 March 1781; d. Munich, 25 February 1868).
• Schulze-Kummerfeld, Karoline (b. Vienna, 30 September 1745; d. Weimar, 20 April 1815).
• Schygulla, Hanna (b. Königshütte, Upper Silesia, Germany, 25 December 1943).
• Scofield, Paul (b. Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, 21 January 1922; d. Sussex, 19 March 2008).
• Scott, George C. (b. Wise, Virginia, 18 October 1927; d. Westlake Village, California, 22 September 1999).
• Second City.
• Segelcke, Tore Dyveke (b. Frederikstad, 23 April 1901; d. Oslo, 22 September 1979)
• Sehgal, Zohra (b. Saharanpur, India, 27 April 1912; d. Delhi, 10 July 2014).
• Sejari, Nidal (b. Lattakia, Syria, 28 May 1975; d. 11 July 2013).
• Semenova, Ekaterina Semenovna (b. 1786; d. 1849).
• Senda Koreya, (b. Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, 15 September 1904; d. 21 December 1994).
• sensibility.
• Şensoy, Ferhan (b. Çarşamba, Turkey, 26 February 1951).
• Šerbedžija, Rade (b. Bunić, Yugoslavia, 27 July 1946).
• serf theatre and actors.
• Serrano, Julieta (b. Barcelona, 21 January 1933).
• Serrano, Raúl (b. San Miguel de Tucumán, 1934).
• Servillo, Toni (b. Afragola, Naples, 9 August 1959).
• Sever, Stane (b. Ljubljana, 21 November 1914; d. Ribnica na Pohorju, Yugoslavia, 18 December 1970)
• Seweryn, Andrzej (b. Heilbronn, Germany, 25 April 1946).
• Seydelmann, Karl (b. Glatz, Silesia, 27 April 1793; d. Berlin, 17 March 1843).
• Sfumato Theatre Workshop.
• al Shadi, Bakr (b. 1959; d. 5 October 2003).
• Shah, Naseeruddin (b. Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India, 1950).
• Shakespeare, William (b. Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 26 April 1564 (baptized); d. Stratford-upon-Avon, 23 April 1616).
• Shakhovskoi, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (b. Bezzaboty, Smolensk, Russia, 24 April (5 May) 1777; d. Moscow, 22 January (3 February) 1843).
• Shao Jianghai, (b. Xiamen, Fujian, 1913; d. Zhangzhou, Fujian, 1980).
• Shaw, Fiona (b. County Cork, Ireland, 10 July 1958).
• Shchepkin, Mikhail Semenovich (b. Kursk Province, 6 (17) November 1788; d. Yalta, Crimea, 11 (23) August 1863).
• Shchukin, Boris Vasilevich (b. Moscow, 5 (17) April 1894; d. Moscow, 7 October 1939).
• Shenyin jiangu lu,.
• Sher, Anthony (b. Cape Town, 14 June 1949).
• Shi Hui, (b. Yangliuqing, Tianjin, 1915; d. Shanghai, 1957).
• Shimamura Hōgetsu, (b. Shimane, 28 February 1871; d. Tokyo, 5 November 1918).
• shimpa.
• shingeki.
• Shiraishi Kayoko, (b. Tokyo, 9 December 1941).
• Shiubhlaigh, Máire, Nic (b. Dublin, 8 May 1883; d. Drogheda, Ireland, 9 September 1958).
• Shu Xiuwen, (b. Beijing, 1915; d. Beijing, 1969).
• Shumskii, Iakov Danilovich (b. 1732; d. 1812).
• Sida huiban.
• Siddons, Sarah (b. Brecon, Wales, 5 July 1755; d. London, 8 June 1831).
• Sikri, Surekha (b. Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, 1945).
• Sills, Paul (b. Chicago, 18 November 1927; d. Bailey’s Harbor, Wisconsin, 2 June 2008).
• Simonov, Ruben Nikolaevich (b. Moscow, 20 March (1 April) 1899; d. Moscow, 5 December 1968).
• Singh, Manohar (b. Kawada, Shimla, India, 1938; d. New Delhi, 14 November, 2002).
• Sinodinou, Anna (b. Loutraki, 21 November 1927).
• Siskov, Risto (b. Seres, Greece, 23 March 1940; d. Skopje, Yugoslavia, 17 June 1986).
• Skjønberg, Espen (b. Oslo, 7 April 1924).
• Smith, Anna Deavere (b. Baltimore, 18 September 1950).
• Smith, Maggie (b. Ilford, England, 28 December 1934).
• Smoktunovskii, Innokentii Mikhailovich(b. Tatyanovka, Russia, 28 March 1925; d. Moscow, 3 August 1994).
• Sobhy, Mohamed (b. Cairo, 3 March 1948).
• Soler, Fernando (b. Saltillo, 26 May 1896; d. Mexico City, 24 October 1979).
• Soleri, Ferruccio (b. Florence, 6 November 1929).
• soliloquy.
• Solnado, Raúl (b. Lisbon, 19 October 1929; d. Lisbon, 8 August 2009).
• Son, Suk (b. Milyang, Korea, 13 May 1944).
• Song Dandan, (b. Beijing, 25 July 1961).
• Song-woong, Chu (b. Goseong, Korea, 9 April 1941; d. 28 December 1985).
• Sonnenthal, Adolf von (b. Budapest, 21 December 1834; d. Prague, 4 April 1909).
• Sopanam.
• Sorma, Agnes (b. Breslau, Prussia, 17 May 1862; d. Crown King, Arizona, 10 February 1927).
• Sothern, Edward H. (b. New Orleans, 6 December 1859; d. New York City, 28 October 1933).
• Soto, Roberto (‘El Panzón’) (b. Zacatecas, Mexico, 1888; d. Mexico City, 18 July 1960).
• Sovremennik Theatre.
• Spacey, Kevin (b. South Orange, New Jersey, 26 July 1959).
• speech.
• Spiderwoman.
• spirit/energy.
• Split Britches.
• Spolin, Viola (b. Chicago, 7 November 1906; d. Los Angeles, 22 November 1994).
• Squat Theatre.
• stage directions.
• stage fright.
• stage space.
• Stanislavskii (Alekseev), Konstantin Sergeevich (b. Moscow, 5 (17) January 1863; d. Moscow, 7 August 1938).
• Stanislavskii System.
• Stanley, Kim (b. Tularosa, New Mexico, 11 February 1925; d. Santa Fe, New Mexico, 20 August 2001).
• Stapleton, Maureen (b. Troy, New York, 21 June 1925; d. Lenox, Massachusetts, 13 March 2006).
• Steppenwolf Theatre.
• Stevenson, Juliet (b. Kelvedon, Essex, 30 October 1956).
• Stewart, Patrick (b. Mirfield, West Yorkshire, 13 July 1940).
• stock characters.
• Stojanova, Milica (b. Kriva Palanka, Macedonia, Yugoslavia, 6 June 1932).
• Stojanovski, Nenad(b. Skopje, Yugoslavia, 19 August 1952; d. Skopje, Macedonia, 14 July 1998).
• Stranitzky, Josef Anton (b. Knittelfeld, Styria, 1676; d. Vienna, 19 May 1726).
• Strasberg, Lee (b. Budzanów, Austria-Hungary, 17 November 1901; d. New York City, 17 February 1982).
• street theatre.
• Strehler, Giorgio (b. Trieste, 14 August 1921; d. Lugano, 25 December 1997).
• Streisand, Barbra (b. New York, 24 April 1942).
• Strepetova, Polina (Pelegeia) Antipevna (b. Nizhnii Novgorod, 4 (?) October 1850; d. St Petersburg, 4 (17) October 1903).
• Strindberg, August (b. Stockholm, 22 January 1849; d. Stockholm, 14 May 1912).
• Studiklub Teater Bandung (STB).
• Stupica, Mira (b. Gnijlane, Yugoslavia, 17 August 1923).
• Sturdza-Bulandra, Lucia (b. Bucharest, 25 August 1873; d. Bucharest, 19 September 1961).
• subtext.
• al Sulaiti, Ghaim (b. Bahrain, 1956).
• Sulerzhitskii, Leopold Antonovich (b. Zhitomir, 15 (27) September 1872; d. Moscow, 17 (30) December 1916).
• Sullavan, Margaret Brooke (b. Norfolk, Virginia, 16 May 1909; d. New Haven, Connecticut, 1 January 1960).
• Sundquist, Bjørn (b. Hammerfest, Norway, 16 June 1948).
• Surchadjiev, Yosif (b. 12 May 1945).
• surrealism.
• Suzuki Tadashi, (b. Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan, 20 June 1939).
• symbolism.
• Syron, Brian (b. Sydney, 19 November 1934; d. Sydney, 14 October 1993).
• Széppataki, Róza (b. Jászberény, Hungary, 24 December 1793; d. Miskolc, 29 September 1872).
• T
• Tadić, Ljubivoje Ljuba (b. Urosevac, Yugoslavia, 1929; d. Belgrade, 28 October 2005).
• Taganka Theatre.
• Tairov (Kornblit), Aleksandr Iakovlevich (b. Romny, Ukraine, 24 June (6 July) 1885; d. Moscow, 25 September 1950).
• Takarazuka.
• Talma, François-Joseph (b. Paris, 15 January 1763; d. Paris, 19 October 1826).
• Tan Xinpei, (b. Hubei Province, China, 1847; d. 1917).
• Tang Xianzu, (b. Linchuan, Jiangxi, 1550; d. 1616).
• Tanir, Macide (b. 1 January 1922; d. Istanbul, 6 February 2013).
• Tanvir, Habib (b. Raipur, Madhya Pradesh, 1 September, 1923; d. Bhopal, 8 June 2009).
• Tarlton, Richard (d. London, September 1588).
• Taslimi, Susan (b. Rasht, Iran, 7 February 1950).
• Tavoularis, Dionysios (b. Zakynthos, Greece, 1840; d. Athens, 1928).
• Taylor, Laurette (b. New York, 1 April 1884; d. New York, 7 December 1946).
• Teater Populer (The Popular Theatre).
• Teatre Lliure.
• Teatro de Arena.
• Teatro Brasileiro de Comédia (TBC).
• Teatro Buendía.
• Teatro Campesino, El.
• Teatro de la Candelaria.
• Teatro dell’Elfo.
• Teatro Escambray.
• Teatro Estudio.
• Teatro Experimental de Cali (TEC).
• Teatro Meridional.
• Teatro di narrazione.
• Teatro del 60.
• Teatteri Jurkka.
• Teje, Tora (b. Stockholm, 17 January 1893; d. Stockholm, 30 April 1970).
• Tekindor, Çetin (b. Sivas, Turkey, 16 July 1945).
• television.
• Tempest, Marie (b. London, 15 July 1864; d. London, 15 October 1942).
• tempo-rhythm.
• Terayama Shūji, (b. Hirosaki, Japan, 10 December 1935; d. Suginami, Tokyo, 4 May 1983).
• Terry, Ellen (b. Coventry, England, 27 February 1847; d. Small Hythe, Kent, 21 July 1928).
• text.
• Theatre Action Group.
• Theatre Guild, The.
• Theatre of Roots.
• Thespis, (fl. sixth century BCE).
• Third Theatre.
• Third World Bunfight.
• Thomashefsky, Boris (b. Tarashcha, Ukraine, 12 May 1868; d. New York, 9 July 1939).
• Thorndike, Sybil (b. Gainsborough, England, 24 October 1882; d. London, 9 June 1976).
• Tian Han, (b. Changsha, Hunan, China, 1898; d. Beijing, 1968).
• Tian Jiyun, (aka Linrui Tian or Ruilin Tian) (b. Dingxing, Hebei, China, 4 February 1864; d. 23 May 1925).
• Tidblad, Inga (b. Stockholm, 29 May 1901; d. Stockholm, 12 September 1975).
• Tompuri, Elli (b. Vehkalahti, Finland, 21 January 1880; d. Helsinki, 4 February 1962).
• Tongguang shisanjue.
• Törőcsik Mari, (b. Pély, Hungary, 23 November 1935).
• Tosar, Luis (b. Lugo, 13 October 1971).
• Totò, (b. Naples, 7 November 1898; d. Rome, 15 April 1967).
• Touri, Mohamed (b. Blida, Algeria, 9 November 1914; d. Algiers, 30 April 1959).
• Tree, Herbert Beerbohm (b. London, 17 December 1852; d. London, 2 July 1917).
• Trejoluna, Gerardo (b. Acámbaro, 17 February 1968).
• Tricicle.
• Tsukiji Shōgekijō (Tsukiji Little Theatre).
• Tulaymat, Zaki (b. 1894; d. 1982).
• Tuominen, Emil Yrjö (b. Vaasa, Finland, 20 April 1892; d. Helsinki, 13 October 1946).
• Turkka, Jouko Veliy (b. Pirkkala, Finland, 17 April 1942).
• Turner, Victor (b. Glasgow, Scotland, 28 May 1920; d. Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, 18 December 1983).
• U
• Ullmann, Liv (b. Tokyo, Japan, 16 December 1938).
• Urdapilleta, Alejandro (b. Montevideo, Uruguay, 10 March 1954; d. Buenos Aires, 1 December 2013).
• Urrutia, Paulina (b. Santiago, 15 January 1969).
• Usha Rani, S. (b. Thanjavur, 1954).
• Uys, Pieter-Dirk (b. Cape Town, 28 September 1945).
• V
• Vakhtangov, Evgenii Bagrationovich (b. Vladikavkaz, Russia, 1 (13) February 1883; d. Moscow, 29 May 1922).
• Valakou, Antigone (b. Kavala, 1930).
• Vali, Ja’far (b. Tehran, 1933).
• van der Groen, Dora (b. Antwerp, 10 March 1927).
• van Hove, Ivo (b. Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium, 28 October 1958).
• Varlamov, Konstantin Aleksandrovich (b. St Petersburg, 11 (23) May 1848; d. St Petersburg, 2 (15) August 1915).
• vaudeville.
• Veakis, Emilios (b. Piraeus, 1884; d. Athens, 29 June 1951).
• Veeranna, Gubbi (b. Tumkoor district, Karnataka, India, 1890; d. Bangalore, 1972).
• Velten, Johannes (b. Halle an der Salle, 27 December 1640; d. Hamburg (?), 1692 or 1693).
• Velu Kutty, Ochira (b. Ochira, Kollam, India, 1905; d. 1954).
• Verkade, Eduard (b. Amsterdam, 15 June 1878; d. Breukelen, Netherlands, 11 February 1961).
• Veroni, Ekaterini (b. Constantinople, 1867; d. Athens, May 1955).
• Vestris, Lucy Elizabeth (b. London, January 1797; d. London, 8 August 1856).
• Vico y Pinto, Antonio (b. Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, 3 December 1840; d. Neuvitas, Cuba, 8 March 1902).
• Vidal, Albert (b. Barcelona, 21 September 1946).
• Viegas, Mário (b. Santarem, Portugal, 10 November 1948; d. Lisbon, 1 April 1996).
• Viñao, Mónica (b. Buenos Aires, 1948).
• Vitez, Antoine (b. Paris, 20 December 1930; d. Paris, 30 April 1990).
• Viviani, Raffaele (b. Castellammare di Stabia, Naples, 10 January 1888; d. Naples, 22 March 1950).
• Vlaamse Volkstoneel, Het (The Flemish People’s Theatre).
• voice.
• Vojan, Eduard (b. Prague, 5 May 1853; d. Prague, 31 May 1920).
• Volanen, Eeva-Kaarina (b. Kuusankoski, Finland, 15 January 1921; d. Helsinki, 29 January 1999).
• Volkov, Fedor Grigorevich (b. Kostroma, Russia, 9 (20) February 1728; d. Moscow, 4 (15) April 1763).
• von Sydow, Max (b. Lund, 10 April 1929).
• Vonaseras, Eftihios (b. Athens, 1866; d. New York, 1928).
• Voskovec, Jiří (b. Sázava, Bohemia, 19 June 1905; d. Pearblossom, California, 1 July 1981).
• Voss, Gert (b. Shanghai, China, 10 October 1941; d. Vienna, 13 July 2014).
• Vougiouklaki, Aliki (b. Maroussi, 1933; d. Athens, 23 July 1996).
• Vysotskii, Vladimir Semenovich (b. Moscow, 25 January 1938; d. Moscow, 25 July 1980).
• W
• Wahbi, Yousuf (b. Sohag, Egypt, 17 July 1900; d. Cairo, 17 October 1982).
• Wallack, Lester (b. New York City, 1 January 1820; d. Stamford, Connecticut, 6 September 1888).
• Walter, Harriet (b. London, 24 September 1950).
• Wanamaker, Zoë (b. New York City, 13 May 1949).
• Wang Xiaonong, (b. Beijing, China, 1858; d. 1918).
• Wang Yaoqing, (b. Jiangsu Province, China, 1881; d. 1954).
• Wedekind, Tilly (b. Graz, 11 April 1886; d. Munich, 20 April 1970).
• Wegener, Paul (b. Arnoldsdorf, Prussia, Germany, 11 December 1874; d. Berlin, 13 September 1948).
• Wei Changsheng, (b. Sichuan Province, China, 1744?; d. 1802?).
• Wei Liangfu, (b. Yuzhang, Jiangxi Province, China; fl. 1526–70).
• Weigel, Helene (b. Vienna, 12 May 1900; d. Berlin, 6 May 1971).
• Welles, Orson (b. Kenosha, Wisconsin, 6 May 1915; d. Los Angeles, 10 October 1985).
• wenwu chang (music ensemble).
• Werbezirk, Gisela (b. Pressburg (Bratislava), Austria-Hungary, 8 April 1875; d. Hollywood, California, 10 April 1956).
• Werich, Jan (b. Prague, 6 February 1905; d. Prague, 31 October 1980).
• Werkteater, Het.
• Werner, Oskar (b. Vienna, 13 November 1922; d. Marburg an der Lahn, Germany, 23 October 1984).
• Whitelaw, Billie (b. Coventry, England, 6 June 1932).
• Wiehe, Michael (b. Copenhagen, 23 January 1820; d. Copenhagen, 31 October 1864).
• Wifstrand, Naima (b. Stockholm, 4 September 1890; d. Stockholm, 23 October 1968).
• Wijaya, Putu (b. Tabanan, Bali, 11 April 1944).
• Wildgruber, Ulrich (b. Bielefeld, 18 November 1937; d. Sylt, 30 November 1999).
• Williamson, Nicol (b. Hamilton, Scotland, 14 September 1938; d. Amsterdam, 16 December, 2011).
• Winds, Adolf (b. Vienna, 10 February 1856; d. Leipzig, 31 January 1927).
• Woffington, Margaret (b. Dublin, 18 October 1720?; d. London, 28 March 1760).
• Wojtyła, Karol (b. Wadowice, Poland, 18 May 1920; d. Vatican City, 2 April 2005).
• Wolff, Pius Alexander (b. Augsburg, 3 May 1782; d. Weimar, 28 August 1828).
• Wolfit, Donald (b. New Balderton, Nottinghamshire, England, 20 April 1902; d. London, 17 February 1968).
• Wolter, Charlotte (b. Cologne, 1 March 1834; d. Hietzing, Vienna, 14 June 1897).
• Wong, Anna May (b. Los Angeles, 3 January 1905; d. Santa Monica, California, 3 February 1961).
• Wood, John (b. Derbyshire, England, 5 July 1930; d. Gloucestershire, England, 6 August 2011).
• Wooster Group, The.
• wu (shaman).
• Wysocka, Stanisława (b. Warsaw, 7 May 1877; d. Warsaw, 17 January 1941).
• X
• Xiao Changhua, (b. Hebei Province, China, 1878; d. 1967).
• Xiao Wenyan, (b. Jiangsu, China, 1922).
• xingtou.
• Xirgu, Margarita (b. Molins de Rei, Catalonia, 18 July 1888; d. Montevideo, Uruguay, 25 April 1969).
• Y
• yakshagana.
• Yan Fengying, (b. Anqing, Anhui Province, China, 1930; d. Beijing, 1968).
• Yan Rong, (fl. 1522–67).
• Yancheva, Svetlana (b. Burgas, Bulgaria, 31 January 1964).
• Yang Youhe, (b. Sichuan Province, China, 1913; d. 1984).
• Yassin, Mahmoud (b. Port Sa’ed, 19 February 1942).
• Yeats, William Butler (b. Dublin, 13 June 1865; d. Menton, France, 28 January 1939).
• Yenersu, Işık (b. Çaycuma, Turkey, 19 March 1942).
• yi zhuo er yi.
• Ying Ruocheng, (b. Beijing, 1929; d. Beijing, 2003).
• you/ling.
• Yu, Shizhi (b. Tangshan, Hebei Province, China, 1927; d. Beijing, 20 January 2013).
• Yuan Xuefen, (b. Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China, 1922; d. Shanghai, 19 February 2011).
• Yücel, Erkan (b. Ankara, 13 March 1944; d. Izmir, 9 September 1985).
• Z
• Zacconi, Ermete (b. Reggio Emilia, 14 December 1857; d. Viareggio, Lucca, 14 October 1948).
• zaju.
• Zapolska, Gabriela (b. Podhajce, Poland, 30 March 1857; d. Lwów, 21 December 1921).
• Zavadskii, Iurii Aleksandrovich (b. Moscow, 30 June (12 July) 1894; d. Moscow, 5 April 1977).
• Zeami, Motokiyo (b. Nagoya, 1363?; d. 1443?).
• Zhaxi, Dunzhu (b. Saskya, Tibet, 1899; d. Lhasa, Tibet, 1961).
• Zhou, Tiedun (fl. 1610–60).
• Zhou, Xinfang (b. Jiangsu Province, China, 1895; d. 1975).
• Zhu, Xu (b. Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China, 1930).
• Ziembinski, Zbigniew (b. Wieliczka, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, 17 March 1908; d. Rio de Janeiro, 18 October 1978).
• Ziesenis-Wattier, Johanna Cornelia (b. Rotterdam, 13 April 1762; d. Voorburg, Holland, 1827).
• Živanović, Milivoje (b. Pozarevac, Serbia, 2 March 1900; d. Belgrade, 13 November 1976).
• Zorrilla, China (b. Montevideo, Uruguay, 14 March 1922).
• Zouboulaki, Voula (b. Cairo, Egypt, 1924).
• Zupančič, Milena (b. Jesenice, Yugoslavia, 18 December 1946).
• Appendix: Chronology of actors by year of birth
• Bibliography
• Index of actors, directors, teachers, and theorists of acting