List of British playwrights explained

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

See also

• List of English playwrights
• List of Scottish playwrights