List of playwrights

This is a list of notable playwrights. See also Literature; Drama; List of playwrights by nationality and date of birth; Lists of authors.

A

Ab–An

George Francis Abbott (1887–1995, United States)
Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (1951–2014, Nigeria)
Kjeld Abell (1901–1961, Denmark)
Paul Ableman (1927–2006, England)
Marcel Achard (1899–1974, France)
Herbert Achternbusch (1938–2022, Germany)
J. R. Ackerley (1896–1967, England)
Rodney Ackland (1908–1991, England)
Adam de la Halle (c. 1237 – c. 1288, France)
Arthur Adamov (1908–1970, France)
Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936, New Zealand/Australia)
Francis Adams (1862–1893, England)
Marion Adams-Acton (1846–1928, Scotland)
Joseph Addison (1672–1719, England)
George Ade (1866–1944, United States)
Mirza Adeeb (1914–1999, Pakistan)
David Adjmi (born 1973, United States)
Aeschylus (c. 525–456 BCE, Ancient Greece)
Max Afford (1906–1954, Australia)
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Afinogenov (1904–1941, Russia)
Agathon (c. 448 – c. 400 BCE, Athens)
Bola Agbaje (born c. 1981, England)
Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023, Gold Coast, now Ghana)
George L. Aiken (1830–1876, United States)
Ayad Akhtar (born 1970, United States)
Zoë Akins (1886–1958, United States)
Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov (1932–2009, Russia/Soviet Union)
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (c. 1581–1639, New Spain, now Mexico)
Edward Albee (1928–2016, United States)
Rafael Alberti (1902–1999, Spain)
James Albery (1838–1889, England)
Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890, Romania)
Vittorio Alfieri (1749–1803, Italy)
William Alfred (1922–1999, United States)
Jay Presson Allen (1922–2006, United States)
Jim Allen (1926–1999, England)
Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg 1935, United States)
Viscount of Almeida Garrett (1799–1854, Portugal)
Robert Altman (1925–2006, United States)
Alejandro Rodriguez Alvarez (1903–1965, Spain)
Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero (1871–1938 and 1873–1944, Spain)
Mark Ambient (1860–1937, England)
Franco Ambriz (living, Brooklyn, New York)
Angelo Ambrogini {redirect to Angelo Poliziano}
Freddie Anderson (1922–2001, Ireland/Scotland)
Jane Anderson (born c. 1954, United States)
Maxwell Anderson (1888–1959, United States)
Robert W. Anderson (1917–2009, United States)
Stefan Andres (1906–1970, Germany)
Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919, Russia)
Lucius Livius Andronicus (c. 284 – c. 205 BCE, Ancient Rome)
Maya Angelou (1928–2014, United States)
Innokenty Fyodorovich Annensky (1856–1909, Russia)
Jean Anouilh (1910–1987, France)
S. Ansky (1863–1920, Russia) in Russian and Yiddish
Ludwig Anzengruber (1839–1889, Austria)

Ap–Ay

Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918, France)
Jacob Appel (born 1973, United States)
Manuel José Arce (1787–1847, Federal Republic of Central America)
William Archibald (1917–1970) (United States)
Jane Arden (director) (1927–1982)
John Arden (1930–2012, England)
Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990, Cuba)
Pietro Aretino (1492–1556, Italy)
Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533, Italy)
Aristophanes (c. 446–385 BCE, Ancient Greece)
Reginald Arkell (1881–1959, England)
Michael Arlen (1895–1956, England)
Roberto Arlt (1900–1942, Argentina)
Robert Armin (c. 1563–1615, England)
Simon Armitage (born 1963, England)
Georges Arnaud (1917–1987, France)
Carlos Arniches (1866–1943, Spain)
Fernando Arrabal (born 1932, Spain)
Francisco Arriví (1915–2007, Puerto Rico)
Jorge Arroyo (born 1959, Costa Rica)
Antón Arrufat (born 1935, Cuba)
Antonin Artaud (1896–1948, France)
Sholem Asch (1880–1957, Poland/United States) in Yiddish
Oscar Asche (1871–1936, Australia)
Werner Aspenström (1918–1997, Sweden)
Marie Aspioti (1909–2000, Corfu)
Leilah Assunção (born 1943, Brazil)
Aubignac {redirect to François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac}
David Auburn (born 1969)
Jacques Audiberti (1899–1965, France)
Émile Augier (1820–1889, France)
Arkady Averchenko (1881–1925, Russia/Czechoslovakia)
George Axelrod (1922–2003, United States)
Rachel Axler (living, United States)
Alan Ayckbourn (born 1939, England)
Marcel Aymé (1902–1967, France)
Jakob Ayrer (c. 1543–1605 or 1625, Germany)
Leslie Ayvazian (living, United States)

B

Ba–Be

Georges Baal (György Balassa, 1938–2013, Hungary/France)
Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel (1894–1941, Russia), in Russian and Yiddish
Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973, Austria)
Phanuel Bacon (1700–1783, England)
Enid Bagnold (1889–1981, England)
Hermann Bahr (1863–1934, Austria)
Paul Bailey (born 1937, England)
Annie Baker (born 1981, United States)
George Pierce Baker (1866–1935, United States)
John Roman Baker (born 1944, England)
John Lloyd Balderston (1889–1954, United States)
James Baldwin (1924–1987, United States)
John Bale (1495–1563, England)
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850, France)
Banabhatta (7th century CE, India, in Sanskrit)
Francisco Antonio Bances y López-Candamo (1662–1704, Spain)
Théodore de Banville (1823–1891, France)
John Banks (c. 1650–1706, England)
Imamu Amiri Baraka (1934–2014, United States)
Maurice Baring (1874–1945, England)
Howard Barker (born 1946, England)
James Nelson Barker (1784–1858, United States)
Meredydd Barker (living, Wales) in Welsh and English
Ernst Barlach (1870–1938, Germany)
Peter Barnes (1931–2004, England)
Jeff Baron (living, United States)
J. M. Barrie (1860–1937, Scotland)
Desmond Barry (born 1954, Wales) in English
Philip Barry (1896–1949, United States)
Mike Bartlett (born 1980, England)
Gabriel Barylli (born 1957, Austria)
Peter Basch (1921–2004, Germany/United States)
Ada Lee Bascom (unknown – 1928, United States)
Todd Bash (born 1965, United States)
Henri Bataille (1872–1922, France)
Wolfgang Bauer (1941–2005, Austria)
L. Frank Baum (1856–1919, United States)
Terry Baum (born 1946, United States)
Clifford Bax (1886–1962, England)
Peter Bayley (1778–1823, England)
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839, England)
Richard Bean (born 1956, England)
Pierre de Beaumarchais (1732–1799, France)
Francis Beaumont (1584/1585–1616, England)
Jim Beaver (born 1950, United States)
Samuel Beazley (1786–1851, England)
Ulrich Becher (1910–1990, Germany)
Jürgen Becker (born 1959, Germany)
Jurek Becker (1937–1997, Poland/Germany)
Samuel Beckett (1906–1989, Ireland) in English and French
Henry Becque (1837–1899, France)
Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866–1945, Austria)
George Beeby (1869–1942, Australia)
Chad Beguelin (born 1969, United States)
Brendan Behan (1923–1964, Ireland)
Aphra Behn (1640–1689, England)
S. N. Behrman (1893–1973, United States)
David Belasco (1853–1931, United States)
T. James Belich (pseudonym: Colorado Tolston) (born 1976, United States)
Florence Bell (1851–1930, England)
Mary Hayley Bell (1911–2005, England)
Luis de Belmonte y Bermúdez (c. 1590 – c. 1650, Spain)
Jacinto Benavente (1866–1954, Spain)
Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888, Sweden)
Sem Benelli (1877–1949, Italy)
Ramvriksh Benipuri (1902–1968, India, in Hindi)
Gottfried Benn (1886–1956, Germany)
Alan Bennett (born 1934, England)
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931, England)
Angelo Beolco (1502–1542, Italy)
Hjalmar Bergman (1883–1931, Sweden)
Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007, Sweden)
Reginald Berkeley (1890–1935, England)
Steven Berkoff (born 1937, England)
Tess Berry-Hart (1978, England)
Jean-Jacques Bernard (1888–1972, France)
Tristan Bernard (1866–1947, France)
William Bayle Bernard (1807–1875, England)
Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989, Austria)
Henri Bernstein (1876–1953, France)
Rudolph Besier (1878–1942, England)
György Bessenyei (1747–1811, Hungary)
Ugo Betti (1892–1953, Italy)
Bahram Beyzai (born 1938, Iran)

Bi–By

Bernardo Dovizio da Bibbiena (1470–1520, Italy)
Isaac Bickerstaffe (1735–1812, Ireland)
Sieur de Bigot {redirect to Jean Palaprat}
François Billetdoux (1927–1991, France)
André Birabeau (1890–1974, France)
Caroline Bird (born 1986, England)
Robert Montgomery Bird (1806–1854, United States)
Lajos Bíró (1880–1948, Hungary/England)
Alexandre Bisson (1848–1912, France)
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832–1910, Norway)
Lewis Black (born 1948, United States)
Helen Blakeman (born 1971, England)
August Blanche (1811–1868, Sweden)
Lee Blessing (born 1949, United States)
Dharamvir Bharati (1926–1997, India) in Hindi
Suessa Baldridge Blaine (1860-1932, United States)
Marc Blitzstein (1905–1964, United States)
Alexander Blok (1880–1921, Russia)
James Boaden (1762–1839, England)
Augusto Boal (1931–2009, Brazil)
Janka Boga (1886–1963, Hungary)
Eric Bogosian (born 1953, United States)
George H. Boker (1823–1890, United States)
Robert Bolt (1924–1995, England)
Valentino Bompiani (1898–1992, Italy)
Edward Bond (born 1934, England)
Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985, Wales)
Massimo Bontempelli (1878–1960, Italy)
Clare Boothe (1903–1987, United States)
Wolfgang Borchert (1921–1947, Germany)
Péter Bornemisza (c. 1535 – 1584, Hungary)
Dion Boucicault (1820/1822–1890, Ireland/United States)
Édouard Bourdet (1887–1945, France)
Lucien Bourjeily (living, Lebanon)
Edmé Boursault (1638–1701, France)
John Griffith Bowen (1924–2019, India/England)
Charles Boyle (1674–1731, England)
Roger Boyle (1621–1679, Ireland/England)
William Boyle (1853–1923, Ireland)
Oskar Braaten (1881–1931, Norway)
Roberto Bracco (1861–1943, Italy)
Vitaliano Brancati (1907–1954, Italy)
Barbarina Brand (1768–1854, England)
Hannah Brand (1754–1821, England)
George Brant (living, United States)
Thomas Brasch (1945–2001, England/Germany)
Volker Braun (born 1939, Germany)
Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956, Germany)
Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero (1585–1618, Dutch Republic)
Howard Brenton (born 1942, England)
Manuel Bretón de los Herreros (1796–1873, Spain)
James Bridie (1888–1951, Scotland)
Eugène Brieux (1858–1932, France)
Harold Brighouse (1882–1958, England)
Hermann Broch (1886–1951, Austria-Hungary/Austria)
Max Brod (1884–1968) (Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Israel) in German
Richard Brome (c. 1590–1652/1653, England)
Arnolt Bronnen (1895–1959, Austria)
Peter Brook (born 1925, England)
Kent R. Brown (living, United States)
Robert Browning (1812–1889, England)
Ferdinand Bruckner (1891–1958, Austria)
Christine Brückner (1921–1996, Germany)
David-Augustin de Brueys (1640–1723, France)
Giordano Bruno (1548–1600, Italy)
Georg Büchner (1813–1837, Germany)
Leicester Silk Buckingham (1825–1867, England)
Duke of Buckingham (1628–1687, England)
Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916–2000, Spain)
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940, Russia)
Edward Bullins (1935–2021, United States)
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–1873, England)
John Burgoyne (1722–1792, England)
Frances Burney (Frances, Mme d'Arblay, 1752–1840, England)
Frances Burney (1776–1828, England)
Sophia Burrell (1753–1802, England)
Leo Butler (born 1974, England)
Jez Butterworth (born 1969, England)
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824, England)
Henry James Byron (1835–1884, England)

C

Gaston de Caillavet (1869–1915, France)
Hall Caine (1853–1931, England)
Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681, Spain)
Sheila Callaghan (born 1973, United States)
Callias (5th century BCE, Ancient Greece)
Richard Cameron (born 1948, England)
Marc Camoletti (1923–2003, France)
Bartley Campbell (1843–1888, United States)
David Campton (1924–2006, England)
Albert Camus (1913–1961, France)
Hall Caine (1853–1931, Isle of Man)
Elias Canetti (1905–1994, Bulgaria/England) in German
José de Cañizares (1676–1750, Spain)
Denis Cannan (1919–2011, England)
Cao Yu (1910–1996, China)
Karel Čapek (1890–1938, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia) in Czech
Luigi Capuana (1839–1915, Italy)
Alfred Capus (1858–1922, France)
Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912, Romania)
Emilio Carballido (1925–2008, Mexico)
Louis Carette {redirect to Félicien Marceau}
Henry Carey (1687–1743, England)
Annibale Caro (1507–1566, Italy)
Harriet Frances Carpenter (1868/75 – 1956, United States)
Paul Vincent Carroll (1900–1968, Ireland/Scotland)
R. C. Carton (1853–1928, England)
Jim Cartwright (born 1958, England)
William Cartwright (1611–1643, England)
Elizabeth Cary (1585–1639, England)
John Caryll (1625–1711, England)
Alejandro Casona (1903–1965, Spain)
Guillén de Castro y Bellvís (1569–1631, Spain)
Jane Cavendish (1621–1669, England)
Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673, England)
Susanna Centlivre (c. 1667–1723, England)
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616, Spain)
Linda Chambers (born 1954, United States)
Robert Chantler (1971- England)
George Chapman (c. 1560–1634, England)
Katharine Hopkins Chapman (1870/72/73-1930, United States)
Charlotte Charke (1713–1760, England)
Mary Coyle Chase (1907–1981, United States)
Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981, United States)
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904, Russia)

Matilde Cherner (1833-1880, Spain)

Andrew Cherry (1762–1812, Ireland)
William Rufus Chetwood (died 1766, England/Ireland)
Luigi Chiarelli (1880–1947, Italy)
Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653–1725, Japan)
Jerome Chodorov (1911–2004, United States)
Agatha Christie (1890–1976, England)
Eugenia Chuprina (born 1971, Ukraine)
Caryl Churchill (born 1938, England)
Colley Cibber (1671–1757, England)
Giovanni Battista Cini (c. 1525–1586, Italy)
Henry Savile Clarke (1841–1893, England)
Roy Clarke (born 1930, England)
John Clavell (1601–1643, England)
Paul Claudel (1868–1955, France)
Dick Clement (born 1937, England)
Rick Cleveland (living, United States)
Lucy Clifford (1846–1929, England)
Kitty Clive (1711–1785, England)
Aston Cockayne (1608–1684, England)
Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1679–1749, England)
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963, France)
Antonio Coello y Ochoa (1611–1652, Spain)
George M. Cohan (1878–1942, United States)
Catrin Collier (born 1948, Wales) in English
George Colman the Elder (1732–1794, England)
John Colton (1889–1946, United States/England)
Padraic Colum (1881–1972, Ireland/United States)
Rosina Conde (born 1954, Mexico)
Pat Condell (born 1949, Ireland/England)
William Congreve (1670–1729, England)
Richard Conlon (born 1965, England)
Marc Connelly (1890–1980, United States)
Tony Connor (born 1930, England)
Robert Taylor Conrad (1810–1858, United States)
Michael Cook (1933–1994, Canada)
Thomas Cooke (1703–1756, England)
Ray Cooney (born 1932, England)
Jacques Copeau (1879–1949, France)
François Coppée (1842–1908, France)
Simon Corble (living, England)
Pierre Corneille (1606–1684, France)
Thomas Corneille (1625–1709, France)
Joe Corrie (1894–1968, Scotland)
Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas (United States)
Pietro Cossa (1830–1881, Italy)
Georges Courteline (1858–1929, France)
Noël Coward (1899–1973, England)
Hannah Cowley (1743–1809, England)
Louis O. Coxe (1918–1993, United States)
Elizabeth, Princess Berkeley (1750–1828, England)
Henry Thornton Craven (1818–1905, England)
Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1674–1762, France)
Martin Crimp (born 1956, England)
Michael Cristofer (born 1945, United States)
Francis de Croisset (1877–1937, France)
Fernand Crommelynck (1885–1970, Belgium/France) in French
A. J. Cronin (1896–1981, Scotland)
A. F. Cross (1863–1940, England)
Rachel Crothers (1878–1958, United States)
Russel Crouse (1893–1966, United States)
Catherine Crowe (1803–1876, England)
Mart Crowley (1935–2020, United States)
John Crowne (1641–1712, England)
Nilo Cruz (born 1960, Cuba/United States) in English
Ramón de la Cruz (1731–1794, Spain)
Gergely Csíky (1842–1891, Hungary)
Franz Theodor Csokor (1885–1969, Austria)
Álvaro Cubillo de Aragón (1596–1661, Spain)
Juan de la Cueva (c. 1550–1610, Spain)
Tom Cullen (born 1985, Wales/England) in English
Richard Cumberland (1732–1811, England)
E. E. Cummings (1894–1962, United States)
François de Curel (1854–1928, France)

D

Stig Dagerman (1923–1954, Sweden)
Andrew Dallmeyer (1945–2017, Scotland)
Augustin Daly (1838–1899, United States)
Clemence Dane (1888–1965, England)
George Landen Dann (1904–1977, Australia)
Florent Carton Dancourt (1661–1725, France)
Clemence Dane (1888–1965, England)
Sarah Daniels (born 1956, England)
Gabriele d'Annunzio (1863–1938, Italy)
Bill Dare (living, England)
Florence Henrietta Darwin (1864–1920, England)
Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897, France)
William Davenant (1606–1668, England)
Robert Davenport (fl. 1623–1639, England)
James Kitchener Davies (1902–1952, Wales) in Welsh
Robertson Davies (1913–1995, Canada)
Jack Davis (1917–2000, Australia)
Ossie Davis (1917–2005, United States)
Owen Davis (1874–1956, United States)
Roxann Dawson (born 1958, United States)
Frederic Lansing Day (1886–1982) (United States)
April De Angelis (born c. 1960, England)
Swadesh Deepak (born 1942, India) in Hindi
Eduardo De Filippo (1900–1984, Italy)
Paul Dehn (1912–1976, England)
Nalini Prava Deka (1944–2014, India)
Thomas Dekker (c. 1572–1632, England)
Shelagh Delaney (1939–2011, England)
Casimir-Jean-François Delavigne (1793–1843, France)
Barbu Delavrancea (1858–1918, Romania)
R. F. Delderfield (1912–1972, England)
Giambattista della Porta (1535–1615, Italy)
Merrill Denison (1893–1975, Canada)
Catalina D'Erzel (1897-1950, Mexico)
Lucien Descaves (1861–1949, France)
Jean Desmarets (1595–1676, France)
Sugathapala de Silva (1928–2002), Ceylon/Sri Lanka) in Sinhala
Philippe Néricault Destouches (1680–1754, France)
Jacques Deval (1894–1972, France)
Edward de Vere (1550–1604, England)
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909–1959, Nepal)
Juan Bautista Diamante (1625–1687, Spain)
Lydia R. Diamond (born 1969, United States)
Charles Dibdin (1745–1814, England)
Thomas John Dibdin (1771–1841, England)
Joaquín Dicenta (1863–1917, Spain)
Denis Diderot (1713–1784, France)
Steven Dietz (born 1958, United States)
Salvatore Di Giacomo (1860–1934, Italy)
Joe DiPietro (born 1961, United States)
Robert Dodsley (1703–1764, England)
Lodovico Dolce (1508 – c. 1568, Italy)
Maurice Donnay (1859–1945, France)
Ariel Dorfman (born 1942, Argentina/Chile/United States) in Spanish and English
Earl of Dorset {redirect to Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset}
Tankred Dorst (1925–2017, Germany)
Louise Doughty (born 1963, England)
William Missouri Downs (born 1965, United States)
Stuart Draper (born 1967, England)
Michael Drayton (1563–1631, England)
John Drinkwater (1882–1937, England)
William Price Drury (1861–1949, England)
John Dryden (1631–1700, England)
Marin Držić (1508–1587, Republic of Ragusa) in Croatian
Marcel Dubé (1930–2016, Canada) in French
Charles Rivière Dufresny (1654–1724, France)
Edmund Duggan (playwright) (1862–1938, Australia)
Roger Martin du Gard {redirect to Martin du Gard, Roger}
Ashley Dukes (1885–1959, England)
Alexandre Dumas, père (1802–1870, France)
D Underbelly (born late 1990s, United States)
Govind Purushottam Deshpande (1938–2013, India) in Marathi
Andrea Dunbar (1961–1990, England)
William Duncombe (1690–1769, England)
William Dunlap (1766–1839, United States)
Antony Dunn (born 1973, England)
Marc Dunn (born 1978, United States)
Nell Dunn (born 1936, England)
Philip Dunning (1891–1957, United States)
Lord Dunsany (1878–1957, England/Ireland)
Christopher Durang (born 1949, United States)
Marguerite Duras (1914–1996, France)
Thomas d'Urfey (1653–1723, England)
Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990, Switzerland) in German
Pierre du Ryer (1606–1658, France)
Jean Dutourd (1920–2011, France)
Utpal Dutta (living, India) in Assamese
Henri Duvernois (1875–1937, France)

E

Mary Emma Ebsworth (1794–1881, England)
José Echegaray (1832–1916, Spain)
David Edgar (born 1948, England)
Margaret Edson (born 1961, United States)
Richard Edwardes (1525–1566, England)
Dic Edwards (born 1953, Wales) in English
Erik Ehn (living, United States)
Günter Eich (1907–1972, Germany
Baron Joseph von Eichendorff (1788–1857, Germany)
Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983, United States)
Menna Elfyn (born 1952, Wales) in Welsh
T. S. Eliot (1888–1965, United States/England)
Juan del Encina (c. 1469–1529/1530, Spain)
Will Eno (born 1965, United States)
Per Olov Enquist (1934–2020, Sweden)
Nick Enright (1950–2003, Australia)
Eve Ensler (born 1953, United States)
Hans Magnus Enzensberger (born 1929, Germany)
Epicharmus of Kos (late 6th – early 5th c. BCE, Ancient Greece)
Paul Ernst (1866–1933, Germany)
St. John Ervine (1883–1971, Ireland/England)
Louis Esson (1878–1943, Australia)
George Etherege (c. 1635–1691, England)
Solomon Ettinger (1800/1803–1856, Poland) in Hebrew and Yiddish
Eupolis (c. 446–411 BCE, Ancient Greece)
Euripides (c. 485 – c. 406 BCE, Ancient Greece)
Don Evans (1938–2003, United States)
Charles Evered 1964-, United States)

F

Diego Fabbri (1911–1980, Italy)
Émile Fabre (1869–1955, France)
Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland (1602–1666, England)
Herbert Farjeon (1887–1945, England)
Joseph Jefferson Farjeon (1883–1955, England)
George Farquhar (1677/1678–1707, England)
Simon Farquhar (living, Scotland)
Florence Farr (1860–1917, England)
Graham Farrow (living, England)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982, Germany)
René Fauchois (1882–1962, France)
Jules Feiffer (born 1929, United States)
Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019, England)
Edna Ferber (1887–1968, United States)
Lucas Fernández (1474–1542, Spain)
Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760–1828, Spain)
Nicolás Fernández de Moratín (1737–1780, Spain)
Paolo Ferrari (1822–1889, Italy)
Lion Feuchtwanger (1884–1958, Germany)
Georges Feydeau (1862–1921, France)
Nathan Field (1587–1620, England)
Henry Fielding (1707–1754, England)
Joseph Fields (1895–1966, United States)
Graeme Fife (living, England)
Alex Finlayson (born 1951, United States)
Ronald Firbank (1886–1926, England)
Clyde Fitch (1865–1909, United States)
George Fitzmaurice (1877–1963, Ireland)
Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880, France)
Martin Flavin (1883–1967, United States)
Harvey Fierstein (born 1952, United States)
Tim Firth (born 1964, England)
Peter Flannery (born 1951, England)
James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915, England)
Richard Flecknoe (c. 1600–1678, England)
Marieluise Fleißer (1901–1974, Germany)
Justin Fleming (born 1953, Australia)
Robert de Flers (1872–1927, France)
John Fletcher (1579–1625, England)
Lucille Fletcher (1912–2000, United States)
Dario Fo (1926–2016, Italy)
Ladislas Fodor (1898–1978, Hungary/West Germany)
Antonio Fogazzaro (1842–1911, Italy)
Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin (1744/1745–1792, Russia)
Horton Foote (1916–2009, United States)
Samuel Foote (1720–1777, England)
John Ford (c. 1586 – post-1639, England)
María Irene Fornés (1930–2018, Cuba/United States) in English
Lars Forssell (1928–2007, Sweden)
Ugo Foscolo (1778–1827, Italy)
Jon Fosse (born 1959, Norway)
Norm Foster (born 1949, Canada)
Paul Foster (1937–2021, United States)
Paul Foucher (1810–1875, France)
Tim Fountain (born 1967, England)
Charles J. Fourie (born 1965, South Africa)
Amy Fox (born 1975, United States)
Bruno Frank (1887–1945, Germany)
Leonhard Frank (1882–1961, Germany/United States)
Ian Fraser (South Africa/United States)
Michael Frayn (born 1933, England)
Aleksander Fredro (1793–1876, Poland)
David French (1939–2010, Canada)
Gustav Freytag (1816–1895, Germany)
Erich Fried (1921–1988, Austria/England) in German
Gertrude Friedberg (died 1989, United States)
Bruce Jay Friedman (1930–2020, United States)
Brian Friel (1929–2015, Ireland)
Ketti Frings (1909–1981, United States)
Max Frisch (1911–1991, Switzerland)
Christopher Fry (1907–2005, England)
Franz Fühmann (1922–1984, Germany)
Athol Fugard (born 1932, South Africa)
Ulpian Fulwell (1545/1546–1584/1586, England)
Milán Füst (1888–1967, Hungary)

G

Jeremy Gable (born 1982, United States)
Ram Ganesh Gadkari (1885–1919, India)
Zona Gale (1874–1938, United States)
Ferdinando Galiani (1728–1787, Italy)
John Galsworthy (1867–1933, England)
Vicente Antonio García de la Huerta (1734–1787, Spain)
Antonio García Gutiérrez (1813–1884, Spain)
Federico García Lorca (1898–1936, Spain)
David Garnett (1892–1981, England)
Robert Garnier (1544–1590, France)
David Garrick (1717–1779, England)
George Gascoigne (1535–1577, England)
Armand Gatti (1924–2017, France)
Natalie Gaupp (born 1967, United States)
John Gay (1685–1732, England)
Michael V. Gazzo (1923–1995, United States)
Larry Gelbart (1928–2009, United States)
Jack Gelber (1932–2003, United States)
Gratien Gélinas (1909–1999, Canada) in French
Pam Gems (1925–2011, England)
Jean Genet (1910–1986, France)
Joel Gersmann (1942–2005, United States)
Alice Gerstenberg (1885–1972, United States)
Franz Xaver Karl Gewey (1764–1819, Austria)
Michel de Ghelderode (1898–1962, Belgium) in French
Henri Ghéon (1875–1944, France)
Paolo Giacometti (1816–1882, Italy)
Giuseppe Giacosa (1847–1906, Italy)
Donato Giannotti (1492–1573, Italy)
Melissa James Gibson (living, Canada)
William Gibson (1914–2018, United States)
W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911, England)
D. B. Gilles (living, United States)
William Gillette (1855–1937, United States)
Frank D. Gilroy (1925–2015, United States)
Antonio Gil y Zárate (1793–1861, Spain)
Gina Gionfriddo (living, United States)
Jean Giono (1895–1970, France)
Giambattista Giraldi Cinthio (1504–1573, Italy)
Giovanni Giraud (1776–1834, Italy)
Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944, France)
Lesley Glaister (born 1956, England/Scotland)
Susan Glaspell (1876–1948, United States)
Josef Alois Gleich (1772–1841, Austria)
Richard Glover (1712–1785, England)
Janusz Głowacki (1938–2007, Poland/United States) in Polish and English
John Godber (born 1956, England)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832, Germany)
Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol (1809–1852, Russia)
Abraham Haim Lipke Goldfaden (1840–1908) (Russia/United States) in Hebrew and Yiddish
James Goldman (1927–1998, United States)
Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793, Italy)
Oliver Goldsmith (1728/1730–1774, Ireland/England)
Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969, Poland/Argentina) in Polish
Prince Gomolvilas (born 1972, United States)
Jeff Goode (living, United States)
Jules Eckert Goodman (1876–1962, United States)
Frances Goodrich (1890–1984, United States)
Jacob Gordin (1853–1909, Ukraine/United States) in Russian and Yiddish
Ruth Gordon (1896–1985, United States)
Charles Gordone (1925–1995, United States)
Catherine Gore (1798–1861, England)
Maxim Gorky (1868–1936, Russia)
Stephen Gosson (1554–1624, England)
Staffan Göthe (born 1944, Sweden)
Abraham Dov Ber Gottlober (1811–1899, Russia) in Hebrew and Yiddish
Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700–1766, Germany)
Olympe de Gouges (1748–1793, France)
Carlo Gozzi (1720–1806, Italy)
Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1801–1836, Germany)
Ed Graczyk (born 1941/1942, United States)
Ray Harrison Graham (born 1962, England)
David Marshall Grant (born 1955, United States)
George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666–1735, England)
Harley Granville-Barker (1877–1946, England)
Jörg Graser (born 1951, Germany)
Günter Grass (1927–2015, Germany)
Jacinto Grau Delgado (1877–1958, Spain)
Nicholas Stuart Gray (1922–1981, England)
Simon Gray (1936–2008, England)
Antonio Francesco Grazzini (1503–1584, Italy)
Julien Green (1900–1998, France/United States) in French
Paul Eliot Green (1894–1981, United States)
Richard Greenberg (born 1958, United States)
Frances Nimmo Greene (1867-1937, United States)
Graham Greene (1904–1991, England)
Robert Greene (1558–1592, England)
Elana Greenfield (United States)
David Greenspan (born 1956, United States)
Lady Augusta Gregory (1852–1932) (Ireland)
Martin Greif (1839–1911, Germany)
David Greig (Scotland)
Jean-Baptiste Louis Gresset (1709–1777, France)
Tom Griffin (1946–2018, United States)
Trevor Griffiths (born 1935, England)
Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872, Austria)
Angelina Grimké (1805-1879, United States)
David Grimm (born 1965, United States)
Rinne Groff (living, United States)
Philip Gross (born 1952, England)
Sydney Grundy (1848–1914, England)
Andreas Gryphius (1616–1664, Germany)
John Guare (born 1938, United States)
Stephen Adly Guirgis (born 1965, United States)
Sacha Guitry (1885–1957, France)
Yesim Ozsoy Gulan (born 1972, Turkey)
Sachin Gupta (born 1978, India) in Hindi
Danai Gurira (born 1978, United States)
A. R. Gurney (1930–2017, United States)
Karl Ferdinand Gutzkow (1811–1878, Germany)

H

Peter Hacks (1928–2003, Germany)
Ruth Hale (1908–2003, United States)
Roger Hall (born 1939, New Zealand)
Steven Hall (born 1975, England)
Adam de la Halle (c. 1237 – c. 1288, France)
Cicely Hamilton (1872–1952, England)
Cosmo Hamilton (1871–1942, England)
Patrick Hamilton (1904–1962, England)
Christopher Hampton (born 1946, England)
W. David Hancock (living, United States)
Peter Handke (born 1942, Germany)
William Hanley (1931–2012, United States)
Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965, United States)
Haseena Moin (1941–2021, Pakistan)
Ernst Hardt (1876–1947, Germany)
Edward W. Hardy (born 1992, United States)
David Hare (born 1947, England)
Johann Hari (born 1979, Scotland)
Tony Harrison (born 1937, England)
Moss Hart (1904–1961, United States)
Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850–1885, India)
Jonathan Harvey (born 1968, England)
Ronald Harwood (1934–2020, South Africa/England)
Walter Hasenclever (1890–1940, Germany)
Christopher Hassall (1912–1963, England)
Michael Hastings (1938–2011, England)
Jeffrey Hatcher (living, United States)
Richard Hathwaye (died 1604, England)
Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946, Germany)
Václav Havel (1936–2011, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic)
Gyula Háy (Stefan Faber, 1900–1975, Hungary/Switzerland)
William Hayley (1745–1820, England)
Eliza Haywood (c. 1693–1756, England)
Colin Henry Hazlewood (1823–1875, England)
Friedrich Hebbel (1813–1863, Germany)
Peter Hedges (born 1962, United States)
Herman Heijermans (1864-1924, Netherlands)
Lillian Hellman (1905–1984, United States)
Beth Henley (born 1952, United States)
Karl Friedrich Hensler (1759–1825, Austria)
John Abraham Heraud (1799–1887, England)
A. P. Herbert (1890–1971, England)
George Herman (1928–2019, United States)
Amy Herzog (living, United States)
Nigel Heseltine (1916–1995, England)
Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002, Australia)
John Heywood (c. 1497 – c. 1580, England)
Thomas Heywood (early 1570s – 1641, England)
Robert Hichens (1864–1950, England)
Tomson Highway (born 1951, Canada)
Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916–1991, Germany)
Aaron Hill (1685–1750, England)
John Hippisley (1696–1748, England)
Robert Hitchcock (died 1809, England)
Prince Hoare (1755–1834, England)
John Oliver Hobbes (Pearl Craigie, 1867–1906, United States/England)
Rolf Hochhuth (1931–2020, Germany)
Fritz Hochwälder (1911–1986, Austria)
Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929, Austria)
Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754, Norway)
Thomas Holcroft (1745–1809, England)
Margaret Holford (1757–1834, England)
Arthur Holitscher (1869–1941, Hungary/Germany)
Michael Hollinger (born 1962, United States)
Constance Holme (1880–1955, England)
Rupert Holmes (born David Goldstein, 1947, England/United States)
Tom Hood (1835–1874, England)
CJ Hopkins (born 1961, United States)
Frederick William Horner (born 1854, Wales) in English
Roy Horniman (1874–1930, England)
Ödön von Horváth (1901–1938, Austria-Hungary)
Laurence Housman (1865–1959, England)
Edward Howard (1624–1712, England)
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle (1748–1825, England)
Robert Howard (1626–1698, England)
Sidney Howard (1891–1939, United States)
Tina Howe (born 1937, United States)
Frank Howson (born 1952, Australia)
John-Michael Howson (born 1936, Australia)
Hroswitha of Gandersheim (c. 935 – post-973, Germany) in Latin
Dusty Hughes (born 1947, England)
Langston Hughes (1902–1967, United States)
Richard Hughes (1900–1976, England)
Victor Hugo (1802–1885, France)
Maureen Hunter (born 1948, Canada) in English
Samuel D. Hunter (born 1981, United States)
Sándor Hunyady (1890–1942, Hungary)
Angela Huth (born 1938, England)

I

Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906, Norway)
Elizabeth Inchbald (1753–1821, England)
William Inge (1913–1973, United States)
Thomas Ingelend (fl. 1560, England)
Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994, Romania) in French and Romanian
William Henry Ireland (1775–1835, England)
David Ives (born 1950, United States)
Naomi Iizuka (born 1965, United States)
Branislava Ilić (born 1970, Serbia)

J

Donald Jack (1924–2003, England/Canada)
Luigi Jannuzzi (born 1952, United States)
Alfred Jarry (1873–1907, France)
Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946, Austria)
Ann Jellicoe (1927–2017, England)
Ida Jenbach (fl. 1920s – 1930s, Hungary/Germany)
Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927, England)
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857, England)
Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912–1981, England)
Terry Johnson (born 1955, England)
Denis Johnston (1901–1984, Ireland)
Arthur M. Jolly (born 1969, England)
Henry Arthur Jones (1851–1929, England)
Patrick Jones (born 1965, Wales) in English
Ben Jonson (1572–1637, England)
Rajiv Joseph (born 1974, United States)
James Joyce (1882–1941, Ireland)

K

Georg Kaiser (1878–1945, Germany
Kālidāsa (4th–5th c. CE, India) in Sanskrit
Sarah Kane (1971–1999, England)
Girish Karnad (1938–2019, India) in Kannada and English
József Katona (1791–1830, Hungary)
Lally Katz (born 1978, United States)
George S. Kaufman (1889–1961, United States)
Moisés Kaufman (born 1963, United States)
John B. Keane (1928–2002, Ireland)
Barrie Keeffe (1945–2019, England)
Dennis Kelly (born 1969, England)
Fanny Kemble (1809–1893, England)
János Kemény (1903–1971, Romania) in Hungarian
Adrienne Kennedy (born 1931, United States)
Margaret Kennedy (1896–1967, England)
James Kenney (1780–1849, England)
William Kenrick (c. 1725–1779, England)
Josephine Kermode (pseudonym Cushag, 1852–1937, Isle of Man)
Joseph Kesselring (1902–1967, United States)
Lyle Kessler (living, United States)
Stanley Keyes (born 1948, United States)
Henry Killigrew (1613–1700, England)
Thomas Killigrew (1612–1683, England)
William Killigrew (1606–1695, England)
Thomas Kilroy (born 1934, Ireland)
Sidney Kingsley (1906–1995, United States)
Julius Leopold Klein (1810–1875, Hungary/Germany) in German
Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811, Germany)
Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752–1831, Germany)
Václav Kliment Klicpera (1792–1859, Austria-Hungary) in Czech
Kevin Kling (living, United States)
Alexander Kluge (born 1932, Germany)
Frederick Knott (1916–2002, England)
Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980, Austria-Hungary, England, Switzerland) in German
Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948–1989, France)
Harry Kondoleon (1955–1994, United States)
Bernard Kops (born 1926, England)
Apollo Korzeniowski (1820–1869, Poland)
August von Kotzebue (1761–1819, Germany)
Zygmunt Krasiński (1812–1859, Poland)
Karl Kraus (1874–1936, Austria)
Helmut Krausser (born 1964, Germany)
Franz Xaver Kroetz (born 1946, Germany)
Nestor Kukolnik (1809–1868, Russia)
Hanif Kureishi (born 1954, England)
Tony Kushner (born 1956, United States)
Kusumagraj (1912–1999, India) in Marathi
Thomas Kyd (1558–1594, England)

L

Neil LaBute (born 1963, United States)
Thomas Hailes Lacy (1809–1873, England)
Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974, Sweden)
Jun Lana (born 1972, Philippines)
Robert Eyres Landor (1781–1869, England)
Mary Lewis Langworthy (1872-1949, United States)
Jonathan Larson (1960–1996, United States)
Stig Larsson (born 1955, Sweden)
Kirke La Shelle (1862–1905, United States)
Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945, Germany/Palestine/Israel)
Miklós László (1903–1973, Hungary/United States)
Francis Lathom (1774–1832, England)
Walter Learning (1938–2020, Canada)
Mary Theresa Ledóchowska (1863–1922, Austria)
Harriet Lee (1757–1851, England)
Kang Baek Lee (born 1947, South Korea)
Nathaniel Lee (c. 1653–1692, England)
Richard Nelson Lee (1806–1872, England)
Robert E. Lee (1918–1994, United States)
Sophia Lee (1750–1824, England)
Mark Lemon (1809–1870, England)
Wayne Lemon (living, United States)
Melchior Lengyel (1880–1974, Hungary)
Sue Lenier (born 1957, England)
Rebecca Lenkiewicz (born 1968, England)
Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751–1792, Russia/Livonia) in German
Conchi León (born 1973, Mexico)
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781, Germany
Reinhard Lettau (1929–1996, Germany/United States)
Tracy Letts (born 1965, United States)
Ira Levin (1929–2007, United States)
Caleb Lewis (born 1978, Australia)
David Lewis (1682–1760, England)
Leopold David Lewis (1828–1890, England)
Saunders Lewis (1893–1985, Wales)
Nell Leyshon (living, England)
George Lillo (1691–1739, England)
David Lindsay-Abaire (born 1969, United States)
Romulus Linney (1930–2011, United States)
Liz Lochhead (born 1947, Scotland)
Oliver W. F. Lodge (1878–1955, England)
Thomas Lodge (c. 1558–1625, England)
Kenneth Lonergan (born 1962, United States)
George William Lovell (1804–1878, England)
Stephen Lowe (born 1947, England)
William Lower (c. 1610–1662, England)
Mina Loy (1882–1966, France/United States)
Craig Lucas (born 1951, United States)
Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987, United States)
Charles Ludlam (1943–1987, United States)
Ken Ludwig (living, United States)
Otto Ludwig (1813–1865, Germany)
Joseph Lunn (1784–1863, England)
John Lyly (c. 1553 or 1554–1606, England)

M

Ewan MacColl (James Henry Miller, 1915–1989, Scotland)
Michael MacLennan (born 1968, Canada)
Joseph Macleod (1903–1984, England)
Wendy MacLeod (born 1959, United States)
George Macropedius (1487–1558, Netherlands) in Latin
Imre Madách (1823–1864, Hungary)
Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965, Iran/United States)
Karen Malpede (living, United States)
David Mamet (born 1947, United States)
Henning Mankell (1948–2015, Sweden)
Delarivier Manley (c. 1663/1670–1724, England)
Klaus Mann (1906–1949, Germany)
Mona Mansour (living, United States)
Francis Marbury (1555–1611, England)
Frank Marcus (1928–1996, England)
William Marchant (1923–1995, United States)
Donald Margulies (born 1954, United States)
Pierre de Marivaux (1688–1763, France)
Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593, England)
Derek Marlowe (1938–1996, England)
Anthony Marriott (1931–2014, England)
James Henry Marriott (1799–1886, New Zealand)
Christabel Marshall (1871–1960, England)
John Marston (1576–1634, England)
John Westland Marston (1819–1890, England)
Jane Martin, pseudonym of unknown (United States)
Steve Martin (born 1945, United States)
Bruce Mason (1921–1982, New Zealand)
Paul Nicholas Mason (born 1958, Canada)
Philip Massinger (1583–1640, England)
Mustapha Matura (1939–2019, Trinidad)
Robin Maugham (1916–1981, England)
W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965, England)
Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930, Russia/Soviet Union)
Marius von Mayenburg (born 1972, Germany)
Henry Mayhew (1812–1887, England)
Jasper Mayne (1604–1672, England)
Dick McBride (1928–2012, United States)
Ellen McLaughlin (born 1957, United States)
Tarell Alvin McCraney (born 1980, United States)
Martin McDonagh (born 1970, Ireland)
Greg McGee (born 1950, New Zealand)
John McGrath (1935–2002, England)
Reginald James MacGregor (1887–1961, England)
Frank McGuinness (born 1953, Ireland)
Robert McLellan (1907–1985, Scotland)
Scott McMorrow (living, United States)
Terrence McNally (1938–2020, United States)
Scott McPherson (1959–1992, United States)
Mark Medoff (1940–2019, United States)
Charles L. Mee (born 1938, United States)
Karl Meisl (1775–1853, Austria)
Leonard Melfi (1932–2001, United States)
Alex Melrose (1865–1944, Australia)
Menander (342–291 BCE, Ancient Greece)
David Mercer (1928–1980, England)
Thomas Meriton (born 1638, England)
Paul Meritt (1843–1895, England)
William Mew (1602 – c. 1669, England) in Latin
Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855, Poland)
George Middleton (1880–1967, United States)
Thomas Middleton (1580–1627, England)
Arthur Miller (1915–2005, United States)
James Miller (1704–1744, England)
Willy Millowitsch (1909–1999, Germany)
Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868, England)
Jane Milmore (1955–2020, United States)
A. A. Milne (1882–1956, England)
Anthony Minghella (1954–2008, England)
Octave Mirbeau (1848–1917, France)
Meg Miroshnik (living, United States)
Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008, England)
Julian Mitchell (born 1935, England)
Mary Russell Mitford (Miss Mitford, 1787–1855, England)
Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973, Sweden)
Narendra Mohan (1935–2002, India) in Hindi and Punjabi
Caroline Moir (living, England)
Molière (1622–1673, France)
Ferenc Molnár (1878–1952, Hungary/United States)
Natyaguru Nurul Momen (1908–1990, Bangladesh)
William Thomas Moncrieff (1794–1857, England)
Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944, England)
Jose Zorrilla y Moral (1817–1893, Spain)
Charles Langbridge Morgan (1894–1958, England)
Elaine Morgan (1920–2013, Wales)
Peter Morgan (born 1963, England)
Félix Morisseau-Leroy (Moriso Lewa, 1912–1998, Haiti)
Michael Morpurgo (born 1943, England)
Melvyn Morrow (born 1942, Australia)
John Mortimer (1923–2009, England)
John Maddison Morton (1811–1891, England)
Thomas Morton (1764–1838, England)
Tom Morton-Smith (born 1980, England)
Tad Mosel (1922–2008, United States)
Itamar Moses (born 1977, United States)
Peter Anthony Motteux (1663–1718, England)
Dimitrios Mpogris (1890–1964, Greece)
Sławomir Mrożek (1930–2013, Poland/France)
Clara Mulholland (1849–1934, Ireland/England)
Heiner Müller (1929–1995, Germany)
Brighde Mullins (living, United States)
Anthony Munday (c. 1560–1633, England)
Kaj Munk (1898–1944, Denmark)
Jimmy Murphy (living, Ireland)
Tom Murphy (1935–2018, Ireland)
Tommy Murphy (born 1979, Australia)
Robert Musil (1880–1942, Austria)

N

Thomas Nabbes (1605–1641, England)
Bill Naughton (1910–1992, England)
John Neal (1793–1876, United States)
Richard Nelson (born 1950, United States)
László Németh (1901–1975, Hungary)
Johann Nestroy (1801–1862, Austria)
Anthony Neilson (born 1967, Scotland/England)
Beverley Nichols (1898–1983, England)
Peter Nichols (1927–2019, England)
William Nicholson (born 1948, England)
János Nyíri (1932–2002, Hungary/France)
Jeff Noon (born 1957, England)
Lars Norén (1944–2021, Sweden)
Marsha Norman (born 1947, United States)
Bruce Norris (born 1960, United States)
Richard Norton-Taylor (born 1944, England)
Lynn Nottage (born 1964, United States)
Alden Nowlan (1933–1983, Canada)
János Nyíri (1932–2002, Hungary)

O

Dan O'Brien (born 1974, United States)
Sean O'Brien (born 1952, England)
Seán O'Casey (1880–1964, Ireland)
Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953, United States)
Gerlinde Obermeier (1942–1984, Austria)
Thomas Odell (1681–1749, England))
Clifford Odets (1906–1963, United States)
Bolaji Odofin (living, Nigeria) in English
Reggie Oliver (born 1952, England)
Han Ong (born 1968, Philippines/United States) in English
Onyeka (Onyeka Nubia, living, England)
Emma Orczy (Baroness Orczy, 1865–1947, England)
Dael Orlandersmith (living, United States)
Joe Orton (1933–1967, England)
John Osborne (1929–1994, England)
Peter Oswald (born 1965, England)
Thomas Otway (1652–1685, England)
Gary Owen (born 1972, Wales) in English
Rochelle Owens (born 1936, United States)
William Henry Oxberry (1808–1852, England)
Helen Oyeyemi (born 1984, England)

P

Jean Palaprat (1650–1721, France)
Morris Panych (born 1952, Canada)
Ralph Pape (died 2016, United States)
Suzan-Lori Parks (born 1963, United States)
Angelo Parra (living, United States)
Gwenlyn Parry (1932–1991, Wales) in Welsh
John Patrick (1905–1995, United States)
Robert Patrick (born 1937, United States)
Nick Payne (born 1984, England)
George Peele (1556–1596, England)
Borislav Pekić (1930–1992, Yugoslavia/England) in Serbian
Charles Reece Pemberton (1790–1840, Wales/England)
Joachim Perinet (1763–1816, Austria)
Matthew Perry (born 1969, United States)
Tyler Perry (born 1969, United States)
Stephen Phillips (1864–1915, England)
Eden Phillpotts (1862–1960, England)
Arthur Wing Pinero (1855–1934, England)
Harold Pinter (1930–2008, England)
Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936, Italy)
Mary Pix (1666–1709, England)
James Planché (1796–1880, England)
Alan Plater (1935–2010, England)
Plautus (c. 254–184 BCE, Ancient Rome)
Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934–2007, Germany)
Isaac Pocock (1782–1835, England)
Suman Pokhrel (born 1967, Nepal)
Elizabeth Polack (fl. 1830s, England)
Ernő Polgár (1954–2018, Hungary)
Sharon Pollock (1936–2021, Canada)
Elizabeth Polwheele (c. 1651 – c. 1691, England)
John Poole (1786–1872, England)
Cora Scott Pond Pope (1856-?, US)
Henry Porter (died 1599, England)
Gordon Porterfield (living, United States)
Suzanne Portnoy (born 1961, England)
Dennis Potter (1935–1994, England)
Reinaldo Povod (1960–1994, United States)
Samuel Jackson Pratt (1749–1814, England)
Lucy Prebble (born 1980, England)
Otto Prechtler (1813–1881, Austria)
Thomas Preston (1537–1598, England)
Nancy Price (1880–1970, England)
J. B. Priestley (1894–1984, England)
Bryan Procter (Barry Cornwall, 1787–1874, England)
Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868–1927, Poland)
Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837, Russia)

Q

Abu Khalil Qabbani (1835–1902, Syria)
Philippe Quinault (1635–1688, France)

R

David Rabe (born 1940, United States)
Jean Racine (1639–1699, France)
Akbar Radi (1939–2007, Iran)
Ferdinand Raimund (1790–1836, Austria
Nina Raine (living, England)
Mohan Rakesh (1925–1972, India) in Hindi
Adam Rapp (born 1968, United States)
Nina Rapi (born 1962, Greece)
John Rastell (John Rastall, c. 1475–1536, England)
Lutz Rathenow (born 1952, Germany)
Terence Rattigan (1911–1977, England)
Simon Raven (1927–2001, England)
Edward Ravenscroft (c. 1654–1707, England)
James Reaney (1926–2008, Canada)
Keith Reddin (born 1956, United States)
Frederic Reynolds (1764–1841, England)
Renée (born 1929, New Zealand)
Yasmina Reza (born 1959, France)
William Barnes Rhodes (1772–1826, England)
Alfred Bate Richards (1820–1876, England)
Erwin Riess (born 1957, Austria)
Arnold Ridley (1896–1984, England)
Philip Ridley (born 1964, England)
Lawrence Riley (1896–1974, United States)
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926, Austro-Hungarian Empire/Switzerland)
José Rivera (born 1955, Puerto Rico) in English
Eigra Lewis Roberts (born 1939, Wales) in Welsh
Thomas William Robertson (1829–1871, England)
Lennox Robinson (1886–1958, Ireland)
Rony Robinson (born 1940, England)
David Robson (born 1966, United States)
Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918, England)
Jack Rosenthal (1931–2004, England)
Bert V. Royal (born 1977, United States)
Hossein Rajabian (born 1984, Iran)
Kenneth G. Ross (born 1941, Australia)
Edmond Rostand (1868–1918, France)
Friederike Roth (born 1948, Germany)
Samuel Rowley (died c. 1633, England)
William Rowley (c. 1585–1626, England)
Gillian Rubinstein (Lian Hearn, born 1942, England/Australia)
David Rudkin (born 1936, England)
Paul Rudnick (born 1957, United States)
John Ruganda (1941–2007, Uganda)
Sarah Ruhl (born 1974, United States)
Katherine Rundell (born 1967, England)
Willy Russell (born 1974, England)
Nelson Rodrigues (1912–1980, Brazil)
Royce Ryton (1924–2009, England)

S

Sa–Se

Suhayl Saadi (born 1961, England/Scotland)
Hans Sachs (1494–1576, Germany)
Nelly Sachs (1891–1970, Sweden)
Peter Sagal (born 1965, United States)
Bhisham Sahni (1915–2003, India) in Hindi
Florencio Sánchez (1875–1910, Uruguay)
Francesca Sanders (living, United States)
Balkrishna Sama (1903–1981, Nepal)
Sally Sara (born 1971, Australia)
William Saroyan (1908–1981, United States)
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980, France)
Mark Scharf (born 1956, United States)
Georges Schehadé (1905–1989, Lebanon) in French
Robert Schenkkan (born 1953, United States)
Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805, Germany)
Guillermo Schmidhuber (born 1943, Mexico)
Arno Schmidt (1914–1979, Germany)
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (born 1960, Belgium/France) in French
Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931, Austria)
Werner Schwab (1958–1994, Austria)
György Schwajda (1943–2010, Hungary)
William Matthew Scott (1893–1964, England)
Sandra Seaton (living, United States)
David Sedaris (born 1956, United States)
Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BCE – CE 65, Ancient Rome) in Latin
Ferhan Şensoy (1951–2021, Turkey)

Sg–Sr

Anthony Shaffer (1926–2001, England)
Peter Shaffer (1926–2016, England)
William Shakespeare (1564–1616, England)
Ntozake Shange (1948–2018, United States)
John Patrick Shanley (born 1950, United States)
Partap Sharma (1939–2011, India)
Harriette Lucy Robinson Shattuck (1850–1937, United States)
Lionel Shave (1888–1954, Australia)
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950, Ireland/England)
Wallace Shawn (born 1943, United States)
Rob Shearman (born 1970, England)
Owen Sheers (born 1974, Wales) in English
Edward Sheldon (1886–1946, United States)
Jane Shepard (born 1958, United States)
Sam Shepard (1943–2017, United States)
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816, Ireland/England)
Jonathan Marc Sherman (born 1968, United States)
R. C. Sherriff (1896–1975, England)
Robert E. Sherwood (1896–1955, United States)
George Shiels (1881–1949, Ireland)
Christopher R. Shimmin (1870–1933, Isle of Man)
Christopher Shinn (born 1975, United States)
Rick Shiomi (born 1947, Canada)
Dora Adele Shoemaker (1873-1962, United States)
Del Shores (born 1957, United States)
Larry Shue (1946–1985, United States)
Nicky Silver (living, United States)
Lazarre Seymour Simckes (born 1937, United States)
Neil Simon (1927–2018, United States)
Eric Simonson (born 1960, United States)
Libby Skala (1967–2019, United States)
Bernard Slade (1930–2019, Canada)
Juliusz Słowacki (1809–1849, Poland)
Roy Smiles (living, England)
Anna Deavere Smith (born 1950, United States)
Evan Smith (living, United States)
Amelia Solar de Claro (1836-1915, Chile)
Sophocles (c. 497/496–406/405 BCE, Ancient Greece)
Aaron Sorkin (born 1961, United States)
Alfred Soultan (born 1946, Hungary/United States)
Wole Soyinka (born 1934, Nigeria)
Ron Sparks (born 1977, Canada)
Biljana Srbljanović (born 1970, Yugoslavia/Serbia)

St–Sz

Adrian Consett Stephen (1894–1918, Australia)
Simon Stephens (born 1971, England)
Shelagh Stephenson (born 1955, England)
Polly Stenham (born 1986, England)
Tom Stoppard (born 1937, Czechoslovakia/England)
David Storey (1933–2017, England)
August Stramm (1874–1915, Germany)
Botho Strauß (born 1944, Germany)
August Strindberg (1849–1912, Sweden)
Sara Stridsberg (born 1972, Sweden)
Kelly Stuart (living, United States)
Preston Sturges (1898–1959, United States)
Abhi Subedi (born 1945, Nepal)
Robert B Suda (born 1978, Hungary/England)
Patrick Süskind (born 1949, Germany)
András Sütő (1927–2006, Romania) in Hungarian
Alfred Sutro (1863–1933, England)
Caridad Svich (born 1963, United States)
Robin Swados (born 1953, United States)
Jeffrey Sweet (born 1950, United States)
John Millington Synge (1871–1909, Ireland)
Dezső Szomory (Moshe Weisz, 1869–1944, Hungary)

T

George Tabori (1914–2007, Hungary/England/United States/Germany) in English and German
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941, India) in English
Habib Tanvir (1923–2009, India) in Urdu
Jean Tardieu (1903–1995, France)
Henry Taylor (1800–1886, England)
Bernard J. Taylor (living, South Africa/United States)
Samuel Taylor (1912–2000, United States)
Telecleides (fl. 440s BCE, Ancient Greece)
Vijay Tendulkar (1928–2008, India) in Marathi
Terence (c. 195/185 – c. 159 BCE, Ancient Rome)
Tian Han (1898–1968, China)
Louie Myfanwy Thomas (1908–1968, Wales) in Welsh
Ernest Thompson (born 1949, United States)
Judith Thompson (born 1954, Canada)
A. A. Thomson (1894–1968, England)
Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853, Germany)
Harry Tighe (1887–1946, Australia)
Dion Titheradge (1889–1934, Australia/England/United States)
Lily Tobias (1887–1984, Wales) in English
Stephen Tobolowsky (born 1951, United States)
Franz Xaver Told (1792–1849), Austria
Ernst Toller (1893–1939, Germany)
Francis Tolson (died 1745/1746, England)
Colorado Tolston, pseudonym of T. James Belich (born 1976, United States)
Zlatko Topčić (born 1955, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Bartolomé de Torres Naharro (c. 1485 – c. 1530, Spain/Italy)
Miles Tredinnick (born 1955, England)
Catherine Tregenna (living, Wales/England) in English
Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935, Germany)

U

Nicholas Udall (1504–1556, England)
Alfred Uhry (born 1936, United States)
Rodolfo Usigli (1905–1979, Mexico)

V

Alfonso Vallejo (1943–2021, Spain)
Alexander Vampilov (1937–1972, Soviet Union)
Jaco Van Dormael (born 1957, Belgium)
John Vanbrugh (1664–1726, England)
John William Van Druten (1901–1957, England)
Jean-Claude van Itallie (1936–2021, Belgium/United States)
Billy Van Zandt (born 1957, United States)
Johann von Vásáry (1899–1963, Hungary)
Lope de Vega (1562–1635, Spain)
Richard Vennar (1564–1615, England)
Gil Vicente (c. 1465 – c. 1536, Portugal)
Gore Vidal (1925–2012, United States)
András Visky (born 1957, Romania) in Hungarian
Paula Vogel (born 1951, United States)
François-Marie Voltaire (1694–1788, France)
Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679, Netherlands)

W

Heinrich Leopold Wagner (1747–1779, Germany)
Stephen Wakelam (living, England)
Derek Walcott (1930–2017, Saint Lucia)
Craig Walker (born 1960, Canada)
George F. Walker (born 1947, Canada)
Naomi Wallace (born 1960, United States)
Martin Walser (born 1927, Germany)
Robert Walser (1878–1956, Switzerland) in German
Agnes Walsh (born 1950, Canada)
Saadallah Wannous (1941–1997, Syria)
Anne Washburn (living, United States)
Dale Wasserman (1914–2008, United States)
Wendy Wasserstein (1950–2006, United States)
Keith Waterhouse (1929–2009, England)
John Webster (1580 – c. 1634, England)
Frank Wedekind (1864–1918, Germany)
Peter Weiss (1916–1982, Germany)
Louise Welsh (born 1965, England/Scotland)
Franz Werfel (1890–1945, Austrian Empire/Germany/United States)
Timberlake Wertenbaker (born 1951, United States/England)
Arnold Wesker (1932–2016, England)
Patricia Wettig (born 1951, United States)
Peter Whelan (1931–2014, England)
John Whiting (1917–1963, England)
Adolf von Wilbrandt (1837–1911, Germany)
Oscar Wilde (1850–1900, Ireland/England)
Thornton Wilder (1897–1975, United States)
Adolfo Wilhelmy (1887–1958, Mexico)
Emlyn Williams (1905–1987, Wales) in English
Heathcote Williams (1941–2017, England)
Richard Bryn Williams (1902–1981, Wales) in Welsh
Roger Williams (born 1974. Wales) in English and Welsh
Tennessee Williams (1911–1983, United States)
David Williamson (born 1942, Australia)
Arthur Wilson (1595–1652, England)
August Wilson (1945–2005, United States)
Laurence Wilson (born 1970, England)
Lanford Wilson (1937–2011, United States)
Tracey Scott Wilson (born 1966, United States)
Leah Nanako Winkler (born 1985, Japan/United States)
Nicholas Wright (born 1940, United Kingdom)
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz {Witkacy} (1885–1939, Poland)
Karol Wojtyła {Pope John Paul II} (1920–2005, Poland)
Charles Wood (1932–2020, Guernsey/England)
Linda Woolverton (born 1952, United States)
William Wycherley (c. 1641–1716, England)
Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907, Poland)
Laurence Mark Wythe (born 1974, England)

Y

William Butler Yeats (1865–1939, Ireland)
Benjamin Yeoh (born 1978, England)
Chay Yew (謝耀, living, Singapore/United States)

Z

Gabriela Zapolska (1860–1921, Poland)
Berhanu Zerihun (1933/1934–1987, Ethiopia)
Paul Zindel (1936–2003, United States)
Émile Zola (1840–1902, France)
José Zorrilla (1817–1893, Spain)
Carl Zuckmayer (1896–1977, Germany/United States/Austria)
Jerzy Żuławski (1874–1915, Poland)
Stefan Zweig (1881–1942, Austria)