Sam Thompson (playwright), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sam Thompson (playwright)

Northern Irish writer and politician

Date of Birth: 21-May-1916

Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Date of Death: 15-Feb-1965

Profession: writer, playwright

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Sam(uel) Thompson (21 May 1916 – 15 February 1965) was a Northern Irish playwright best known for his controversial plays Over the Bridge, which exposes sectarianism, and Cemented with Love, which focuses on political corruption.
His works fall into the social realist genre but are distinct in their dramatisation of Northern Irish issues; they were ground-breaking in documenting sectarian violence before the eruption of the Troubles.