List of British playwrights

This is a list of British playwrights.

16th-century British playwrights

Thomas Kyd Christopher Marlowe William Shakespeare

17th-century British playwrights

18th-century British playwrights

19th-century British playwrights

20th-century British playwrights

Jim Allen John Arden Alan Ayckbourn John Roman Baker Howard Barker Peter Barnes J. M. Barrie Alan Bennett Tess Berry-Hart Stephen Beresford 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 Helen Edmundson Ben Elton Michael Frayn John Galsworthy Simon Gray David Greig Trevor Griffiths David Hare Walter Howard Catherine Johnson Terry Johnson Sarah Kane Sue Lenier Saunders Lewis Henry Livings Frederick Lonsdale Stephen Lowe David Mercer Deborah McAndrew Edgar Middleton Raman Mundair Peter Nichols Onyeka Joe Orton John Osborne Harold Pinter Alan Plater Alan Pollock 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

See also List of English playwrights List of Scottish playwrights