List of British playwrights since 1950 explained

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

See also

• List of British playwrights
• List of playwrights
• List of Scottish dramatists
• Lists of writers
• Drama
• In-yer-face theatre
• Kitchen sink drama
• Theatre
• Stage play