Literary Chronology

1580:: Thomas Middleton is born in London, England; his exact date of birth is unknown, but he was baptized on April 18.
1622:: Thomas Middleton's The Changeling is published.
1627:: Thomas Middleton dies of natural causes and is buried in Newington Butts, London, England.
1743:: Hannah Cowley (Hannah Parkhouse) is born in Tiverton, Devonshire, England.
1780:: Hannah Cowley's The Belle's Stratagem is published.
1809:: Hannah Cowley dies in Devonshire, England.
1856:: George Bernard Shaw is born on July 26 in Dublin, Ireland.
1874:: W. (William) Somerset Maugham is born on January 25 in Paris, France.
1885:: Sophie Treadwell is born on October 3 in Stockton, California.
1894:: George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man is published.
1896:: Antonin Artaud is born on September 4 in Marseilles, France.
1925:: George Bernard Shaw is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1928:: Sophie Treadwell's Machinal is published.
1932:: W. Somerset Maugham's For Services Rendered is published.
1933:: Michael Frayn is born on September 8 in London, England.
1935:: Antonin Artaud's The Cenci is published.
1941:: Nora Ephron is born on May 19 in New York, New York.
1948:: Antonin Artaud dies of cancer.
1950:: George Bernard Shaw dies on November 2 at his home in Hertfordshire, England.
1950:: Anna Deavere Smith is born on September 18 in Baltimore, Maryland.
1954:: Judith Thompson is born on September 20 in Montreal, Canada.
1957:: Paul Rudnick is born in Piscataway, New Jersey.
1964:: Suzan-Lori Parks is born in Fort Knox, Kentucky.
1965:: W. Somerset Maugham dies in Nice, France.
1970:: Sophie Treadwell dies on February 20.
1991:: Paul Rudnick's I Hate Hamlet is published.
1992:: Anna Deavere Smith's Fires in the Mirror is published.
1993:: Anna Deavere Smith's Fires in the Mirror is a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama.
1994:: Joan Ackermann's Off the Map is published.
1998:: Michael Frayn's Copenhagen is published.
2000:: Moisés Kaufman's The Laramie Project is published.
2001:: Judith Thompson's Habitat is published.

2001:: Suzan-Lori Parks's Topdog/Underdog is published.
2002:: Suzan-Lori Parks's Topdog/Underdog wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
2002:: Nora Ephron's Imaginary Friends is published.