List of playwrights

List of notable playwrights.

See also Literature; Drama; List of playwrights by nationality and date of birth; Lists of authors

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Ab-Al

George Abbo (1887-1995) (United States)
Kjeld Abell (1901-1961) (Denmark)
Marcel Achard (1899-1974) (France)
Herbert Achternbusch
Adam de la Halle (ca. 1237-ca. 1288) (France)
Arthur Adamov (1908-1970) (France)
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) (England)
George Ade (1866-1944) (United States)
Aeschylus, (ca. 525 B.C.-456 B.C.) (Greece)
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Afinogenov (1904-1941) (Russia)
Agathon
Demetrio Aguilera-Malta
Leopold Ahlsen (born 1927) (Germany)
Ama Ata Aidoo
Étienne Aignan
George L. Aiken (1830-1876) (United States)
Zoe Akins
Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza
Edward Albee (born 1928) (United States)
Rafael Alberti (1902-1999) (Spain)
James Albery
Vasile Alecsandri (1821-1890) (Romania)
Alonso Alegría
Vittorio Alfieri (1749-1803) (Italy)
William Alfred (1922-1999) (United States)
Jay Presson Allen (1922-2006) (United States)
Alejandro Rodriguez Alvarez {redirect to Alejandro Casona}
Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero [Serafin (1871-1938) and Joaquin (1873-1944)] (Spain)
Andrei Alekseevich Amalrik
Franco Ambriz Brooklyn, New York
Angelo Ambrogini {redirect to Angelo Poliziano}
Denis Amiel (1884-1977) (France)

An-As

Jane Anderson
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959) (United States)
Bo Anderson (1981-Present) (Alaska/United States)
Robert W. Anderson (born 1917) (United States)
Jorge Andrade
Stefan Andres (1906-1970) (Germany)
Leonid Andreyev (1871-1919) (Russia)
Lucius Livius Andronicus
Innokenty Fyodorovich Annensky (1856-1909) (Russia)
Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) (France)
S. Ansky (1863-1920) (Russia) *Russian language and Yiddish language*
Camillo Antona-Traversi (1857-1934) (Italy)
Giannino Antona-Traversi (1860-1939) (Italy)
Ludwig Anzengruber (1839-1889) (Austria)
Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) (France)
Aleksei Nikolaevich Arbuzov (1908-1986) (Russia)
Manuel José Arce
William Archibald (1924-1970) (United States
Jane Arden (film-director) (1927-82)
John Arden (born 1930) (England)
Arthur Arent (1904-1972) (United States)
Pietro Aretino (1492-1556) (Italy)
Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533) (Italy)
Aristophanes, (ca. 446 B.C.-385 B.C.) (Greece)
Roberto Arlt
Georges Arnaud (1917-1987) (France)
Carlos Arniches y Barrera (1866-1943) (Spain)
Alexandre Arnoux (1884-1973) (France)
Fernando Arrabal (born 1932) (Spain)
Francisco Arriví
Antón Arrufat
Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) (France)
Sholem Asch (1880-1957) (Poland/United States) *Yiddish language*
Werner Aspenstrom (1918-1997) (Sweden)

Au-Ay

Aubignac {redirect to François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac}
David Auburn (born 1969)
W. H. Auden (1907-1973) (England/United States)
Jacques Audiberti (1899-1965) (France)
Emile Augier (1820-1889) (France)
Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko
Máximo Avilés-Blonda
George Axelrod (1922-2003) (United States)
Lilly Axster (1896-1948)
Mulat Ayalneh
Alan Ayckbourn
Philip Ayckbourn
Marcel Ayme (1902-1967) (France)
Jacob Ayrer
Leslie Ayvazian

B

Ba-Bl

Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel (1894-1941) (Russia) *Russian language and Yiddish language*
Ingeborg Bachmann
Giuseppe Baffico (1852-1927) (Italy)
Bianca Bagatourian
Enid Bagnold
Hermann Bahr (1863-1934) (Austria)
George Pierce Baker (1866-1935) (United States)
John Lloyd Balderston (1889-1954) (United States)
James Baldwin (1924-1987) (United States)
John Bale (1495-1563) (England)
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) (France)
Francisco Antonio Bances y López-Candamo (1662-1704) (Spain)
Théodore de Banville (1823-1891) (France)
Imamu Amiri Baraka (born 1934) (United States)
Girolamo Bargagli (1537-1586) (Italy)
Pierre Barillet (born 1923) (France)
Howard Barker
James Nelson Barker (1784-1858) (United States)
Ernst Barlach (1870-1938) (Germany)
Peter Barnes
J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) (Scotland/England)
Jeff Baron
Mike Bartlett
Philip Barry (1896-1949) (United States)
Gabriel Barylli
Peter Basch
Todd Bash
Enrico Bassano (1899-1999) (Italy)
Henri Bataille (1872-1922) (France)
Wolfgang Bauer
L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) (United States)
Terry Baum
Bahram Bayzaee (Iran)
Clifford Bax (1886-1962) (England)
Pierre de Beaumarchais (1732-1799) (France)
Francis Beaumont (1584/85-1616) (England)
Ulrich Becher (1910-1990) (Germany)
Frawley Becker (United States)
Jürgen Becker
Jurek Becker
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) (Ireland) *English language and French language*
Henry Becque (1837-1899) (France)
Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866-1945) (Austria)
Brendan Behan (1923-1964) (Ireland)
Aphra Behn (1640-1689) (England)
S. N. Behrman (1893-1973) (United States)
David Belasco (1853-1931) (United States)
Feo Belcari (1410-1484) (Italy)
Wendy Belden
T. James Belich (pseudonym: Colorado Tolston) (b. 1976) (United States)
Jean Bellemère {redirect to Jean Sarment}
Luis de Belmonte y Bermúdez (ca. 1590-ca. 1650) (Spain)
Jacinto Benavente (1866-1954) (Spain)
Sem Benelli (1877-1949) (Italy)
Gottfried Benn
Alan Bennett
Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) (England)
Angelo Beolco
Hjalmar Bergman (1883-1931) (Sweden)
Alan Berks
Jean-Jacques Bernard (1888-1972) (France)
Tristan Bernard (1866-1947) (France)
Jean Bernard-Luc (1909-1985) (France)
Henry Bernstein (1876-1953) (France)
Georges Berr (1867-1942) (France)
Carlo Bertolazzi (1870-1916) (Italy)
Kurt Besci (born 1920) (Austria)
Rudolph Besier (1878-1942) (England)
Lucien Besnard (1872-1955) (France)
Ugo Betti (1892-1953) (Italy)
Bernardo Dovizio da Bibbiena (1470-1520) (Italy)
Isaac Bickerstaffe (1735-1812) (Ireland)
Sieur de Bigot {redirect to Jean Palaprat}
François Billetdoux (1927-1991) (France)
Richard Billinger (1893-1965) (Austria)
André Birabeau (1890-1974) (France)
Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854) (United States)
Bjornstjerne Bjornson (1832-1910) (Norway)
Lewis Black(United States)
August Blanche
Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964) (United States)
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880-1921) (Russia)

Bo-By

Augusto Boal

Eric Bogosian
George H. Boker (1823-1890) (United States)
Robert Bolt (1924-1995) (England)
Valentino Bompiani (1898-1992) (Italy)
Francesco Augusto Bon (1788-1858) (Italy)
Edward Bond
Massimo Bontempelli (1878-1960) (Italy)
Clare Boothe (1903-1987) (United States)
Wolfgang Borchert (1921-1947) (Germany)
Dion Boucicault (1820/22-1890) (Ireland/United States)
Jacques Bouralan {redirect to Jacques Deval}
Édouard Bourdet (1887-1945) (France)
Edme Boursault (1638-1701) (France)
John Bowen
Warren Bowles
William Boyle (1853-1923) (Ireland)
Oskar Braaten
Roberto Bracco (1861-1943) (Italy)
Suzanne Bradbeer
Vitaliano Brancati (1907-1954) (Italy)
Thomas Brasch
Volker Braun
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) (Germany)
Gerbrand Adriaensz. Bredero (1585-1618)
Howard Brenton
Manuel Bretón de los Herreros (1796-1873) (Spain)
James Bridie (1888-1951) (Scotland)
Eugène Brieux (1858-1932) (France)
Harold Brighouse (1882-1958) (England)
Hermann Broch
Max Brod (1884-1968) (Czech Republic/Israel) *German language*
Richard Brome (ca. 1590-1652/53) (England)
Arnolt Bronnen (1895-1959) (Austria)
Kent R. Brown
Robert Browning (1812-1889) (England)
Ferdinand Bruckner (1891-1958) (Austria)
Christine Brückner
David-Augustin de Brueys (1640-1723) (France)
Nathan Bruhn
Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) (Italy)
Alfred Brust
Georg Büchner (1813-1837) (Germany)
Duke of Buckingham {redirect to George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham}
Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916-2000) (Spain)
Oliver Bukowski
Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891-1940) (Russia)
Edward Bullins (1935- )(United State)
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-1873) (England)
Michelangelo Buonarotti, the Younger (1568-1642) (Italy)
Waldfried Burggraf {redirect to Friedrich Forster}
John Burkhardt
Enrico Annibale Butti (1868-1912) (Italy)
George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) (England)
Henry James Byron