Irish literature Lady Says No!" (1929), and "The Moon in the Yellow River" (1931). While there no doubt that Samuel Beckett is an Irishman he lived much of his life in France and wrote several works first in French. His most famous plays are "Waiting for Godot" (1955) (originally "En attendant Godot", 1952), "Endgame" (originally "Fin de partie") (1957), "Happy Days" (1961), written in English, all of which profoundly affected British drama. In 1954, Behan's first play "The Quare Fellow" was produced in Dublin. It was well received; however, it was the 1956 production at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in Stratford, London,
Henrik Ibsen also strong surreal elements. Ibsen is often ranked as one of the most distinguished playwrights in the European tradition. Richard Hornby describes him as "a profound poetic dramatist—the best since Shakespeare". He is widely regarded as the most important playwright since Shakespeare. He influenced other playwrights and novelists such as George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Miller, James Joyce, Eugene O'Neill, and Miroslav Krleža. Ibsen was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902, 1903, and 1904. Ibsen wrote his plays in Danish (the common written language of Denmark and Norway during his lifetime) and they were published by