List of British playwrights

This is a list of British playwrights.

20th-century British playwrights
See also the more extensive list at British playwrights since 1950.


 * Jim Allen
 * John Arden
 * Alan Ayckbourn
 * John Roman Baker
 * Howard Barker
 * Peter Barnes
 * J. M. Barrie
 * Alan Bennett
 * Tess Berry-Hart
 * Robert Bolt
 * Edward Bond
 * John Griffith Bowen
 * Howard Brenton
 * Leo Butler
 * John Caine
 * George Calderon
 * Caryl Churchill
 * Noël Coward
 * Martin Crimp
 * Tim Crouch
 * April De Angelis
 * Keith Dewhurst
 * Nell Dunn
 * David Edgar
 * Ben Elton
 * Michael Frayn
 * John Galsworthy
 * Simon Gray
 * David Greig
 * Trevor Griffiths
 * David Hare
 * Catherine Johnson
 * Terry Johnson
 * Sarah Kane
 * Sue Lenier
 * Saunders Lewis
 * Henry Livings
 * Frederick Lonsdale
 * Stephen Lowe
 * David Mercer
 * Edgar Middleton
 * Raman Mundair
 * Peter Nichols
 * Onyeka
 * Joe Orton
 * John Osborne
 * Harold Pinter
 * Alan Plater
 * J. B. Priestley
 * Peter Quilter
 * Terence Rattigan
 * David Rudkin
 * Willy Russell
 * James Saunders
 * Anthony Shaffer
 * Peter Shaffer
 * R. C. Sherriff
 * Dodie Smith
 * Gladys Bronwyn Stern
 * Tom Stoppard
 * David Storey
 * Alfred Sutro
 * Herbert Swears
 * Miles Tredinnick
 * Keith Waterhouse
 * Timberlake Wertenbaker
 * Arnold Wesker
 * Emlyn Williams
 * Snoo Wilson
 * Charles Wood
 * Lauri Wylie