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Pulitzer Prize for Drama
The Pulitzer Prize for Drama1918 . Unlike the majority of the other Pulitzer Prizes, the eligibility period for the drama prize runs from March 2 to March 1 , rather than being the calendar year. The drama jury, which consists of one academic and four critics attend plays in New York and in regional theaters. The award goes to the playwright, although production of the play is also taken into account.
1918 :Jesse Lynch Williams , Why Marry?
1919 :no award given
1920 :Eugene O'Neill , Beyond the Horizon
1921 :Zona Gale , Miss Lulu Bett 1922 :Eugene O'Neill , Anna Christie 1923 :Icebound
1924 :Hell-Bent Fer Heaven
1925 :Sidney Howard , They Knew What They Wanted 1926 :George Kelly , Craig's Wife
1927 :In Abraham's Bosom
1928 :Eugene O'Neill , Strange Interlude
1929 :Elmer Rice , Street Scene 1930 :Marc Connelly , The Green Pastures
1931 :Susan Glaspell , Alison's House
1932 :George S. Kaufman , Morrie Ryskind , Ira Gershwin , Of Thee I Sing 1933 :Maxwell Anderson , Both Your Houses
1934 :Men in White
1935 :The Old Maid
1936 :Robert E. Sherwood , Idiots Delight
1937 :Moss Hart , George S. Kaufman , You Can't Take It With You 1938 :Thornton Wilder , Our Town 1939 :Robert E. Sherwood , Abe Lincoln in Illinois 1940 :William Saroyan , The Time of Your Life
1941 :Robert E. Sherwood , There Shall Be No Night
1942 :no award given
1943 :Thornton Wilder , The Skin of Our Teeth 1944 :no award given
1945 :Harvey 1946 :Russel Crouse , Howard Lindsay , State of the Union
1947 :no award given
1948 :Tennessee Williams , A Streetcar Named Desire 1949 :Arthur Miller , Death of a Salesman 1950 :Richard Rodgers , Oscar Hammerstein II , Joshua Logan , South Pacific 1951 :no award given
1952 :The Shrike
1953 :William Inge , Picnic 1954 :John Patrick , The Teahouse of the August Moon 1955 :Tennessee Williams , Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1956 :Albert Hackett , Frances Goodrich , Diary of Anne Frank 1957 :Eugene O'Neill , Long Day's Journey Into Night 1958 :Look Homeward, Angel
1959 :Archibald MacLeish , J. B.
1960 :George Abbott for book Jerry Bock for music, and Sheldon Harnick for lyrics, Fiorello!
1961 :All The Way Home
1962 :Frank Loesser , Abe Burrows , How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying 1963 :no award given
1964 :no award given
1965 :The Subject Was Roses 1966 :no award given
1967 :Edward Albee , A Delicate Balance 1968 :no award given
1969 :The Great White Hope 1970 :No Place To Be Somebody
1971 :Paul Zindel , The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds
1972 :no award given
1973 :Jason Miller , That Championship Season
1974 :no award given
1975 :Edward Albee , Seascape 1976 :Michael Bennett for concept, choreography, and direction; James Kirkwood for book, Marvin Hamlisch for lyrics, Nicholas Dante for music, A Chorus Line 1977 :The Shadow Box
1978 :The Gin Game
1979 :Sam Shepard , Buried Child
1980 :Lanford Wilson , Talley's Folly
1981 :Beth Henley , Crimes of the Heart 1982 :A Soldier's Play
1983 :Marsha Norman , 'Night, Mother 1984 :David Mamet , Glengarry Glen Ross 1985 :James Lapine for book; Stephen Sondheim for music and lyrics, Sunday in the Park with George 1986 :no award given
1987 :August Wilson , Fences 1988 :Driving Miss Daisy 1989 :Wendy Wasserstein , The Heidi Chronicles
1990 :August Wilson , The Piano Lesson 1991 :Neil Simon , Lost in Yonkers 1992 :Robert Schenkkan , The Kentucky Cycle 1993 :Tony Kushner , Angels in America: Millennium Approaches 1994 :Edward Albee , Three Tall Women 1995 :Horton Foote , The Young Man From Atlanta 1996 :Jonathan Larson , Rent 1997 :no award given
1998 :Paula Vogel , How I Learned To Drive 1999 :Wit
2000 :Donald Margulies , Dinner With Friends
2001 :David Auburn , Proof 2002 :Suzan-Lori Parks , Topdog/Underdog
2003 :Nilo Cruz , Anna in the Tropics
2004 :Doug Wright , I Am My Own Wife
