Portal:Theatre/Selected anniversaries/March

1 March 1892 – Birth of American playwright Mercedes de Acosta
6 March 1853 – Premiere of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, one of the most famous and influential opera composers of the 19th century
11 March 1959 – Premiere of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, the first play performed on Broadway written by an African-American woman
14 March 1885 – Premier of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado at London's Savoy Theatre, where it played 672 performances
15 March 1920 – The Blue Flame, considered one of the worst plays ever performed on Broadway, debuts at the Shubert Theatre
20 March 1828 – Birth of Henrik Ibsen, often called the "father of modern drama", whose plays challenged Victorian morality
22 March 1832 – Death of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (pictured), whose magnum opus Faust was completed the year of his death and published the year after
25 March 1875 – Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera Trial by Jury debuts at London's Royalty Theatre.
26 March 1996 – Syrian playwright Saadallah Wannous was the first Arab writer to present the UNESCO address to the International Institute of Theater on International Theater Day