List of British playwrights since 1950

This is a list of British dramatists who wrote their plays in the 1950s or later.

A–G

 * Michael Abbensetts
 * Rodney Ackland
 * Jim Allen
 * Karim Alrawi
 * Jeffrey Archer
 * John Arden
 * Alan Ayckbourn
 * Enid Bagnold
 * John Roman Baker
 * Howard Barker
 * Peter Barnes
 * Mike Bartlett
 * Richard Bean
 * Alistair Beaton
 * Alan Bennett
 * Steven Berkoff
 * Tess Berry-Hart
 * Torben Betts
 * Alice Birch
 * Alan Bleasdale
 * Robert Bolt
 * Edward Bond
 * Leslie Bonnet
 * John Griffith Bowen
 * Howard Brenton
 * Jon Brittain
 * Moira Buffini
 * Gregory Burke
 * Margaret Busby
 * Leo Butler
 * Jez Butterworth
 * Glyn Cannon
 * Jim Cartwright


 * James Martin Charlton
 * Jimmy Chinn
 * Caryl Churchill
 * Ray Cooney
 * Noël Coward
 * Lucinda Coxon
 * Martin Crimp
 * Patricia Cumper
 * Sarah Daniels
 * April De Angelis
 * Shelagh Delaney
 * William Douglas-Home
 * Stuart Draper
 * Nell Dunn

E–K

 * David Edgar
 * David Eldridge
 * Inua Ellams
 * Ben Elton
 * Kevin Elyot


 * Tim Firth


 * Michael Frayn
 * Terence Frisby
 * Christopher Fry
 * Pam Gems
 * Juliet Gilkes Romero
 * John Godber
 * Simon Gray
 * Debbie tucker green
 * Bonnie Greer
 * David Greig
 * Trevor Griffiths
 * Nick Grosso


 * Christopher Hampton
 * David Hare
 * Zinnie Harris
 * Tony Harrison
 * Ronald Harwood
 * Sam Holcroft
 * Dusty Hughes


 * Stephen Jeffreys
 * Ann Jellicoe
 * Hywel John
 * Catherine Johnson
 * Terry Johnson
 * Sarah Kane
 * Barrie Keeffe
 * Dennis Kelly
 * Tom Kempinski
 * Hanif Kureishi

L–R

 * Bryony Lavery
 * Mike Leigh
 * Sue Lenier
 * Stephen Lowe
 * Clare Lizzimore


 * Sharman Macdonald
 * John McGrath
 * Tom McGrath
 * Jenny McLeod
 * Patrick Marber
 * Tony Marchant
 * Frank Marcus
 * Derek Marlowe
 * Mustapha Matura
 * David Mercer
 * Anthony Minghella
 * Adrian Mitchell
 * Colin Morris
 * John Mortimer
 * Tom Morton-Smith
 * Peter Morgan
 * Chloe Moss
 * Bill Naughton
 * Anthony Neilson
 * Peter Nichols
 * William Nicholson
 * Joe Orton
 * John Osborne
 * Gary Owen
 * Paul O'Grady
 * Louise Page
 * Michael Pertwee
 * Caryl Phillips
 * Winsome Pinnock
 * Harold Pinter
 * Alan Plater
 * Stephen Poliakoff
 * Dennis Potter
 * David Pownall
 * J.B. Priestley
 * Peter Quilter
 * Terence Rattigan
 * Mark Ravenhill
 * Dan Rebellato
 * Lynn Redgrave
 * Michael Redgrave
 * Philip Ridley
 * David Rudkin
 * Willy Russell

S–Z

 * James Saunders
 * Anthony Shaffer
 * Peter Shaffer
 * Ade Solanke
 * Colin Spencer
 * Simon Stephens
 * Tom Stoppard
 * David Storey
 * C. P. Taylor
 * Peter Terson
 * Ben Travers
 * Miles Tredinnick
 * Peter Ustinov
 * Laura Wade
 * Michael Wall
 * Timberlake Wertenbaker
 * Arnold Wesker
 * Peter Whelan
 * Hugh Whitemore
 * Nigel Williams
 * Roy Williams
 * Snoo Wilson
 * Charles Wood
 * Nicholas Wright
 * Benjamin Yeoh