Who wrote the 1987 play Driving Miss Daisy?

• A. Alfred Uhry
• B. August Wilson
• C. Lorraine Hansberry
• D. Arthur Miller

Answer: (A)

Understanding who wrote a play helps place it in the broader tapestry of American drama. Driving Miss Daisy was written by Alfred Uhry in 1987. The work centers on an elderly Jewish woman and her African American chauffeur in Atlanta, using their evolving relationship to gently examine race, friendship, and regional culture at a time of change.

This author’s voice and focus differ from the others listed. August Wilson is renowned for his Pittsburgh Cycle of plays about Black life across the decades; Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun, a landmark 1959 drama about a Black family's ambitions in Chicago; Arthur Miller is best known for plays like Death of a Salesman that critique the American dream from a different, often more universal angle.