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Were there any other great Victorian playwrights?

>> No.1487485

I liked Shaw

>> No.1487525
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1487525

>>1487483
We are the very model of playwrights in the era called Victorian

>> No.1487535

>>1487485
+1

>> No.1487548

Ibsen wasn't Victorian, was he?

>> No.1487648

>>1487548
Nah, he was Norwegian. I think he would appeal to a similar crowd, so t'was not posted in vain.

>> No.1487650

wilde would be so mad at being called victorian, he would suck your dick

>> No.1487652

>>1487648
You think Chekhov would too? But I sure everyone has already read his plays..

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1487654

I have some Oscar Wilde lying about. I should read it.

>> No.1487664

John Palgrave Simpson is a good one.

>> No.1487669

W. S. Gilbert
James Planché

>> No.1487686

>>1487650
Considering that they practically murdered any homosexual of that time, that would probably be a pretty good way at getting back at someone.

If you don't mind sacrificing your life, that is.