“List of playwrights”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

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List of playwrights

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See also

This is a list of notable playwrights.

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

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George Francis Abbott (1887–1995, United States)
Kjeld Abell (1901–1961, Denmark)
Marcel Achard (1899–1974, France)
Herbert Achternbusch (born 1938, Germany)
Adam de la Halle (c. 1237 – c. 1288, France)
Arthur Adamov (1908–1970, France)
Marion Adams-Acton (1846–1928, Scotland)
Joseph Addison (1672–1719, England)
George Ade (1866–1944, United States)
Mirza Adeeb (1914–1999, Pakistan)
David Adjmi (living, United States)
Aeschylus (c. 525 – 456 BC, Ancient Greece)
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Afinogenov (1904–1941, Russia)
Agathon (c. 448 – c. 400 BC, Athens)
Bola Agbaje (born c. 1981, England)
Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1942, Gold Coast, now Ghana)
George L. Aiken (1830–1876, United States)
Ayad Akhtar (born 1970, United States)
Zoë Akins (1886–1958, United States)
Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov (1932–2009, Russia/Soviet Union)
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza (c. 1581 – 1639, New Spain, now Mexico)
Edward Albee (1928–2016, United States)
Rafael Alberti (1902–1999, Spain)
James Albery (1838–1889, England)
Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890, Romania)
Vittorio Alfieri (1749–1803, Italy)
William Alfred (1922–1999, United States)
Jay Presson Allen (1922–2006, United States)
Jim Allen (1926–1999, England)
Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg 1935, United States)
Viscount of Almeida Garrett (1799–1854, Portugal)
Alejandro Rodriguez Alvarez (1903–1965, Spain)
Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero (1871–1938 and 1873–1944, Spain)
Maria Adelaide Amaral (born 1942, Brazil)
Mark Ambient (1860–1937, England)
Franco Ambriz (living, Brooklyn, New York)
Angelo Ambrogini {redirect to Angelo Poliziano}
Jane Anderson (born c. 1954, United States)
Maxwell Anderson (1888–1959, United States)
Robert W. Anderson (born 1917, United States)
Stefan Andres (1906–1970, Germany)
Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919, Russia)
Lucius Livius Andronicus (c. 284 – c. 205 BC, Ancient Rome)
Innokenty Fyodorovich Annensky (1856–1909, Russia)
Jean Anouilh (1910–1987, France)
S. Ansky (1863–1920, Russia) in Russian and Yiddish
Ludwig Anzengruber (1839–1889, Austria)

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Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918, France)
Jacob Appel (born 1973, United States)
Manuel José Arce (1787–1847, Federal Republic of Central America)
William Archibald (1917–1970) (United States)
Jane Arden (director) (1927–1982)
John Arden (born 1930, England)
Pietro Aretino (1492–1556, Italy)
Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533, Italy)
Aristophanes (c. 446 – 385 BC, Ancient Greece)
Roberto Arlt (1900–1942, Argentina)
Arnab Jan Deka (born 1967, India)
Georges Arnaud (1917–1987, France)
Carlos Arniches (1866–1943, Spain)
Fernando Arrabal (born 1932, Spain)
Francisco Arriví (1915–2007, Puerto Rico)
Jorge Arroyo (born 1959, Costa Rica)
Antón Arrufat (born 1935, Cuba)
Antonin Artaud (1896–1948, France)
Sholem Asch (1880–1957, Poland/United States) in Yiddish
Werner Aspenström (1918–1997, Sweden)
Marie Aspioti (1909–2000, Corfu)
Leilah Assunção (born 1943, Brazil)
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)
Émile Augier (1820–1889, France)
Arkady Averchenko (1881–1925, Russia/Czechoslovakia)
George Axelrod (1922–2003, United States)
Rachel Axler (living, United States)
Alan Ayckbourn (born 1939, England)
Marcel Aymé (1902–1967, France)
Jakob Ayrer (c. 1543 – 1605 or 1625, Germany)
Leslie Ayvazian (living, United States)

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Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel (1894–1941, Russia), in Russian and Yiddish
Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973, Austria)
Enid Bagnold (1889–1981, England)
Hermann Bahr (1863–1934, Austria)
Annie Baker (born 1981, United States)
George Pierce Baker (1866–1935, United States)
John Roman Baker (born 1944, England)
John Lloyd Balderston (1889–1954, United States)
James Baldwin (1924–1987, United States)
John Bale (1495–1563, England)
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850, France)
Banabhatta (7th century AD, India, in Sanskrit)
Francisco Antonio Bances y López-Candamo (1662–1704, Spain)
Théodore de Banville (1823–1891, France)
Imamu Amiri Baraka (1934–2014, United States)
Howard Barker (born 1946, England)
James Nelson Barker (1784–1858, United States)
Ernst Barlach (1870–1938, Germany)
Peter Barnes (1931–2004, England)
Jeff Baron (living, United States)
J. M. Barrie (1860–1937, Scotland)
Philip Barry (1896–1949, United States)
Mike Bartlett
Gabriel Barylli (1957, Austria)
Peter Basch (1921–2004, Germany/United States)
Todd Bash (born 1965, United States)
Henri Bataille (1872–1922, France)
Wolfgang Bauer
L. Frank Baum (1856–1919, United States)
Terry Baum (born 1946, United States)
Clifford Bax (1886–1962, England)
Richard Bean (born 1956, England)
Pierre de Beaumarchais (1732–1799, France)
Francis Beaumont (1584/85–1616, England)
Jim Beaver (born 1950, United States)
Ulrich Becher (1910–1990, Germany)
Jürgen Becker (born 1959, Germany)
Jurek Becker (1937–1997, Poland/Germany)
Samuel Beckett (1906–1989, Ireland) in English and French
Henry Becque (1837–1899, France)
Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866–1945, Austria)
Chad Beguelin (1969, United States)
Brendan Behan (1923–1964, Ireland)
Aphra Behn (1640–1689, England)
S. N. Behrman (1893–1973, United States)
David Belasco (1853–1931, United States)
T. James Belich (pseudonym: Colorado Tolston) (born 1976, United States)
Luis de Belmonte y Bermúdez (c. 1590 – c. 1650, Spain)
Jacinto Benavente (1866–1954, Spain)
Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888, Sweden)
Sem Benelli (1877–1949, Italy)
Ramvriksh Benipuri (1902–1968, India, in Hindi)
Gottfried Benn (1886–1956, Germany)
Alan Bennett (born 1934, England)
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931, England)
Angelo Beolco (1502–1542, Italy)
Hjalmar Bergman (1883–1931, Sweden)
Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007, Sweden)
Jean-Jacques Bernard (1888–1972, France)
Tristan Bernard (1866–1947, France)
Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989, Austria)
Henri Bernstein (1876–1953, France)
Rudolph Besier (1878–1942, England)
Ugo Betti (1892–1953, Italy)
Bahram Beyzai (born 1938, Iran)

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Bernardo Dovizio da Bibbiena (1470–1520, Italy)
Isaac Bickerstaffe (1735–1812, Ireland)
Sieur de Bigot {redirect to Jean Palaprat}
François Billetdoux (1927–1991, France)
André Birabeau (1890–1974, France)
Robert Montgomery Bird (1806–1854, United States)
Alexandre Bisson (1848–1912, France)
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832–1910, Norway)
Lewis Black (United States)
August Blanche (1811–1868, Sweden)
Dharamvir Bharati (1926–1997, India) in Hindi
Marc Blitzstein (1905–1964, United States)
Alexander Blok (1880–1921, Russia)
Augusto Boal (1931–2009, Brazil)
Eric Bogosian (born 1953, United States)
George H. Boker (1823–1890, United States)
Robert Bolt (1924–1995, England)
Valentino Bompiani (1898–1992, Italy)
Edward Bond (born 1934, England)
Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985, Wales)
Massimo Bontempelli (1878–1960, Italy)
Clare Boothe (1903–1987, United States)
Wolfgang Borchert (1921–1947, Germany)
Dion Boucicault (1820/22 – 1890, Ireland/United States)
Édouard Bourdet (1887–1945, France)
Lucien Bourjeily (living, Lebanon)
Edmé Boursault (1638–1701, France)
John Griffith Bowen (born 1924, India/England)
William Boyle (1853–1923, Ireland)
Oskar Braaten (1881–1931, Norway)
Roberto Bracco (1861–1943, Italy)
Vitaliano Brancati (1907–1954, Italy)
George Brant (living, United States)
Thomas Brasch (born 1945, England/Germany)
Volker Braun (born 1939, Germany)
Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956, Germany)
Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero (1585–1618, Dutch Republic)
Howard Brenton (born 1942, England)
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 (1886–1951, Austria-Hungary/Austria)
Max Brod (1884–1968) (Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Israel) in German
Richard Brome (c. 1590 – 1652/53, England)
Arnolt Bronnen (1895–1959, Austria)
Peter Brook (born 1925, England)
Kent R. Brown (living, United States)
Robert Browning (1812–1889, England)
Ferdinand Bruckner (1891–1958, Austria)
Christine Brückner (1921–1996, Germany)
David-Augustin de Brueys (1640–1723, France)
Giordano Bruno (1548–1600, Italy)
Georg Büchner (1813–1837, Germany)
Duke of Buckingham (1628–1687, England)
Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916–2000, Spain)
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940, Russia)
Edward Bullins (born 1935, United States)
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–1873, England)
Leo Butler (born 1974, England)
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824, England)
Henry James Byron (1835–1884, England)

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Emilio Carballido (1925–2008, Mexico)
Gaston de Caillavet (1869–1915, France)
Hall Caine (1853–1931, England)
Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681, Spain)
Sheila Callaghan (born 1973, United States)
Callias (5th century BCE, Ancient Greece)
Marc Camoletti (1923–2003, France)
Bartley Campbell (1843–1888, United States)
David Campton (1924–2006, England)
Albert Camus (1913–1961, France)
Elias Canetti (1905–1994, Bulgaria/England) in German
José de Cañizares (1676–1750, Spain)
Cao Yu (1910–1996, China)
Karel Čapek (1890–1938, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia) in Czech
Luigi Capuana (1839–1915, Italy)
Alfred Capus (1858–1922, France)
Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912, Romania)
Louis Carette {redirect to Félicien Marceau}
Annibale Caro (1507–1566, Italy)
Paul Vincent Carroll (1900–1968, Ireland/Scotland)
R. C. Carton (1853–1928, England)
Jim Cartwright (born 1958, England)
Alejandro Casona (1903–1965, Spain)
Guillén de Castro y Bellvís (1569–1631, Spain)
Susannah Centlivre (c. 1667 – 1723, England)
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616, Spain)
Linda Chambers (living, United States)
George Chapman (c. 1560–1634, England)
Charlotte Charke (1713–1760, England)
Mary Coyle Chase (1907–1981, United States)
Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981, United States)
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904, Russia)
Andrew Cherry (1762–1812, Ireland)
William Rufus Chetwood (died 1766, England/Ireland)
Luigi Chiarelli (1880–1947, Italy)
Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653–1725, Japan)
Jerome Chodorov (1911–2004, United States)
Agatha Christie (1890–1976, England)
Caryl Churchill (born 1938, England)
Colley Cibber (1671–1757, England)
Giovanni Battista Cini (c. 1525 – 1586, Italy)
Paul Claudel (1868–1955, France)
Rick Cleveland (living, United States)
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963, France)
Antonio Coello y Ochoa (1611–1652, Spain)
George M. Cohan (1878–1942, United States)
George Colman the Elder (1732–1794, England)
John Colton (1889–1946, United States/England)
Padraic Colum (1881–1972, Ireland/United States)
Pat Condell (born 1949, Ireland/England)
William Congreve (1670–1729, England)
Richard Conlon (born 1965, England)
Marc Connelly (1890–1980, United States)
Robert Taylor Conrad (1810–1858, United States)
Michael Cook (1933–1994, Canada)
Ray Cooney (born 1932, England)
Jacques Copeau (1879–1949, France)
François Coppée (1842–1908, France)
Simon Corble (living, England)
Pierre Corneille (1606–1684, France)
Thomas Corneille (1625–1709, France)
Joe Corrie (1894–1968, Scotland)
Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas (United States)
Pietro Cossa (1830–1881, Italy)
Georges Courteline (1858–1929, France)
Noël Coward (1899–1973, England)
Hannah Cowley (1743–1809, England)
Louis O. Coxe (1918–1993, United States)
Henry Thornton Craven (1818–1905, England)
Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1674–1762, France)
Michael Cristofer (born 1945, United States)
Francis de Croisset (1877–1937, France)
Fernand Crommelynck (1885–1970, Belgium/France) in French
A. J. Cronin (1896–1981, Scotland)
Rachel Crothers (1878–1958, United States)
Russel Crouse (1893–1966, United States)
Mart Crowley (born 1935, United States)
John Crowne (c. 1640 – c. 1703, England)
Nilo Cruz (born 1960, Cuba/United States) in English
Ramón de la Cruz (1731–1794, Spain)
Gergely Csíky (1842–1891, Hungary)
Franz Theodor Csokor (1885–1969, Austria)
Álvaro Cubillo de Aragón (1596–1661, Spain)
Juan de la Cueva (c. 1550–1610, Spain)
Richard Cumberland (1732–1811, England)
E. E. Cummings (1894–1962, United States)
François de Curel (1854–1928, France)

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Stig Dagerman (1923–1954, Sweden)
Andrew Dallmeyer (born 1945, Scotland)
Augustin Daly (1838–1899, United States)
George Landen Dann (1904–1977, Australia)
Florent Carton Dancourt (1661–1725, France)
Clemence Dane (1888–1965, England)
Gabriele d'Annunzio (1863–1938, Italy)
Utpal Dutta (living, India) in Assamese
Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897, France)
William Davenant (1606–1668, England)
Robertson Davies (1913–1995, Canada)
Jack Davis (1917–2000, Australia)
Ossie Davis (1917–2005, United States)
Owen Davis (1874–1956, United States)
Roxann Dawson (living, United States)
Frederic Lansing Day (1886–1982) (United States)
April De Angelis (born c. 1960, England)
Eduardo De Filippo (1900–1984, Italy)
Arnab Jan Deka (born 1967, India)
Nalini Prava Deka (1944–2014, India)
Thomas Dekker (c. 1572 – 1632, England)
Shelagh Delaney (born 1939, England)
Casimir-Jean-François Delavigne (1793–1843, France)
Barbu Delavrancea (1858–1918, Romania)
Giambattista della Porta (1535–1615, Italy)
Merrill Denison (1893–1975, Canada)
Lucien Descaves (1861–1949, France)
Jean Desmarets (1595–1676, France)
Sugathapala de Silva (1928–2002), Ceylon/Sri Lanka) in Sinhalese
Philippe Néricault Destouches (1680–1754, France)
Laxmi Prasad Devkota(1909–1959, Nepal)
Jacques Deval (1894–1972, France)
Juan Bautista Diamante (1625–1687, Spain)
Lydia R. Diamond (born 1969, United States)
Joaquín Dicenta (1863–1917, Spain)
Denis Diderot (1713–1784, France)
Steven Dietz (born 1958, United States)
Salvatore Di Giacomo (1860–1934, Italy)
Joe DiPietro (born 1961, United States)
Lodovico Dolce (1508 – c. 1568, Italy)
Maurice Donnay (1859–1945, France)
Ariel Dorfman (born 1942, Argentina/Chile/United States) in Spanish and English
Earl of Dorset {redirect to Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset}
Tankred Dorst (born 1925, Germany)
Stuart Draper (born 1967, England)
Michael Drayton (1563–1631, England)
John Drinkwater (1882–1937, England)
John Dryden (1631–1700, England)
Marin Držić (1508–1587, Republic of Ragusa) in Croatian
Marcel Dubé (born 1930, Canada) in French
Charles Rivière Dufresny (1654–1724, France)
Roger Martin du Gard {redirect to Martin du Gard, Roger}
Alexandre Dumas, père (1802–1870, France)
D Underbelly (late 1990s, United States)
Govind Purushottam Deshpande (1938–2013, India) in Marathi
William Dunlap (1766–1839, United States)
Marc Dunn (born 1978, United States)
Nell Dunn (born 1936, England)
Philip Dunning (1891–1957, United States)
Lord Dunsany (1878–1957, England/Ireland)
Christopher Durang (born 1949, United States)
Marguerite Duras (1914–1996, France)
Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990, Switzerland) in German
Pierre du Ryer (1606–1658, France)
Jean Dutourd (born 1920, France)
Swadesh Deepak(born 1942, India) in Hindi
Henri Duvernois (1875–1937, France)

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José Echegaray (1832–1916, Spain)
David Edgar (born 1948, England)
Margaret Edson (born 1961, United States)
Erik Ehn (living, United States)
Günter Eich (1907–1972, Germany
Baron Joseph von Eichendorff (1788–1857, Germany)
Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983, United States)
T. S. Eliot (1888–1965, United States/England)
Juan del Encina (c. 1469–1529/30, Spain)
Will Eno (born 1965, United States)
Per Olov Enquist (born 1934, Sweden)
Nick Enright (1950–2003, Australia)
Eve Ensler (born 1953, United States)
Hans Magnus Enzensberger (born 1929, Germany)
Epicharmus of Kos (late 6th – early 5th c. BC, Ancient Greece)
Paul Ernst (1866–1933, Germany)
St. John Ervine (1883–1971, Ireland/England)
George Etherege (c. 1635 – 1691, England)
Solomon Ettinger (1800/03 – 1856, Poland) in Hebrew and Yiddish
Eupolis (c. 446 – 411 BC, Ancient Greece)
Euripides (c. 485 – c. 406 BC, Ancient Greece)
Don Evans (1938–2003, United States)

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Diego Fabbri (1911–1980, Italy)
Émile Fabre (1869–1955, France)
George Farquhar (1677/8 – 1707, England)
Graham Farrow (living, England)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982, Germany)
René Fauchois (1882–1962, France)
Jules Feiffer (born 1929, United States)
Edna Ferber (1887–1968, United States)
Lucas Fernández (1474–1542, Spain)
Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760–1828, Spain)
Nicolás Fernández de Moratín (1737–1780, Spain)
Paolo Ferrari (1822–1889, Italy)
Lion Feuchtwanger (1884–1958, Germany)
Georges Feydeau (1862–1921, France)
Nathan Field (1587–1620, England)
Henry Fielding (1707–1754, England)
Joseph Fields (1895–1966, United States)
Alex Finlayson (born 1951, United States)
Clyde Fitch (1865–1909, United States)
George Fitzmaurice (1877–1963, Ireland)
Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880, France)
Martin Flavin (1883–1967, United States)
Harvey Fierstein (born 1952, United States)
James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915, England)
Marieluise Fleißer (1901–1974, Germany)
Justin Fleming (born 1953, Australia)
Robert de Flers (1872–1927, France)
John Fletcher (1579–1625, England)
Lucille Fletcher (1912–2000, United States)
Dario Fo (1926–2016, Italy)
Antonio Fogazzaro (1842–1911, Italy)
Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin (1744/5 – 1792, Russia)
Horton Foote (1916–2009, United States)
Samuel Foote (1720–1777, England)
John Ford (c. 1586 – after 1639, England)
María Irene Fornés (born 1930, Cuba/United States) in English
Lars Forssell (1928–2007, Sweden)
Ugo Foscolo (1778–1827, Italy)
Jon Fosse (born 1959, Norway)
Norm Foster (born 1949, Canada)
Paul Foster (born 1937, United States)
Paul Foucher (1810–1875, France)
Charles J. Fourie (born 1965, South Africa)
Amy Fox (born 1975, United States)
Bruno Frank (1887–1945, Germany)
Leonhard Frank (1882–1961, Germany/United States)
Ian Fraser (South Africa/United States)
Michael Frayn (born 1933, England)
Aleksander Fredro (1793–1876, Poland)
David French (1939–2010, Canada)
Gustav Freytag (1816–1895, Germany)
Erich Fried (1921–1988, Austria/England) in German
Gertrude Friedberg (died 1989, United States)
Bruce Jay Friedman (born 1930, United States)
Brian Friel (born 1929, Ireland)
Ketti Frings (1909–1981, United States)
Max Frisch (1911–1991, Switzerland)
Christopher Fry (1907–2005, England)
Franz Fühmann (1922–1984, Germany)
Athol Fugard (born 1932, South Africa)
Ulpian Fulwell (1545/6 – 1584/5/6, England)

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Jeremy Gable (born 1982, United States)
Ram Ganesh Gadkari (1885–1919, India)
Zona Gale (1874–1938, United States)
Ferdinando Galiani (1728–1787, Italy)
John Galsworthy (1867–1933, England)
Vicente Antonio García de la Huerta (1734–1787, Spain)
Antonio García Gutiérrez (1813–1884, Spain)
Federico García Lorca (1898–1936, Spain)
Robert Garnier (1544–1590, France)
David Garrick (1717–1779, England)
George Gascoigne (1535–1577, England)
Armand Gatti (1924–2017, France)
Natalie Gaupp (born 1967, United States)
John Gay (1685–1732, England)
Michael V. Gazzo (1923–1995, United States)
Larry Gelbart (1928–2009, United States)
Jack Gelber (1932–2003, United States)
Gratien Gélinas (1909–1999, Canada) in French
Jean Genet (1910–1986, France)
Joel Gersmann (1942–2005, United States)
Alice Gerstenberg (1885–1972, United States)
Michel de Ghelderode (1898–1962, Belgium) in French
Henri Ghéon (1875–1944, France)
Paolo Giacometti (1816–1882, Italy)
Giuseppe Giacosa (1847–1906, Italy)
Donato Giannotti (1492–1573, Italy)
Melissa James Gibson (living, Canada)
William Gibson (born 1914, United States)
W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911, England)
D. B. Gilles (living, United States)
William Gillette (1855–1937, United States)
Frank D. Gilroy (born 1925, United States)
Antonio Gil y Zárate (1793–1861, Spain)
Gina Gionfriddo (living, United States)
Jean Giono (1895–1970, France)
Giambattista Giraldi Cinthio (1504–1573, Italy)
Giovanni Giraud (1776–1834, Italy)
Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944, France)
Susan Glaspell (1882–1948, United States)
Janusz Głowacki (Poland/United States) in Polish and English
John Godber (born 1956, England)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832, Germany)
Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol (1809–1852, Russia)
Abraham Haim Lipke Goldfaden (1840–1908) (Russia/United States) in Hebrew and Yiddish
James Goldman (1927–1998, United States)
Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793, Italy)
Oliver Goldsmith (1728/30 – 1774, Ireland/England)
Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969, Poland/Argentina) in Polish
Prince Gomolvilas (born 1972, United States)
Jeff Goode (living, United States)
Jules Eckert Goodman (1876–1962, United States)
Frances Goodrich (1890–1984, United States)
Jacob Gordin (1853–1909, Ukraine/United States) in Russian and Yiddish
Ruth Gordon (1896–1985, United States)
Charles Gordone (1925–1995, United States)
Maxim Gorky (1868–1936, Russia)
Staffan Göthe (born 1944, Sweden)
Abraham Dov Ber Gottlober (1811–1899, Russia) in Hebrew and Yiddish
Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700–1766, Germany)
Olympe de Gouges (1748–1793, France)
Carlo Gozzi (1720–1806, Italy)
Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1801–1836, Germany)
Ed Graczyk (born 1941 or 1942, United States)
Ray Harrison Graham (born 1962, England)
David Marshall Grant (born 1955, United States)
Harley Granville-Barker (1877–1946, England)
Jörg Graser (born 1951, Germany)
Günter Grass (born 1927, Germany)
Jacinto Grau Delgado (1877–1958, Spain)
Nicholas Stuart Gray (1922–1981, England)
Simon Gray (1936–2008, England)
Antonio Francesco Grazzini (1503–1584, Italy)
Julien Green (1900–1998, France/United States) in French
Paul Eliot Green (1894–1981, United States)
Richard Greenberg (born 1958, United States)
Graham Greene (1904–1991, England)
Robert Greene (1558–1592, England)
Elana Greenfield (United States)
David Greenspan (born 1956, United States)
Lady Augusta Gregory (1852–1932) (Ireland)
Martin Greif (1839–1911, Germany)
David Greig (Scotland)
Jean-Baptiste Louis Gresset (1709–1777, France)
Tom Griffin (born 1946, United States)
Trevor Griffiths (born 1935, England)
Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872, Austria)
David Grimm (born 1965, United States)
Rinne Groff (living, United States)
Andreas Gryphius (1616–1664, Germany)
John Guare (born 1938, United States)
Stephen Adly Guirgis (living, United States)
Sacha Guitry (1885–1957, France)
Yesim Ozsoy Gulan (born 1972, Turkey)
Sachin Gupta (born 1978, India) in Hindi
Danai Gurira (born 1978, United States)
A. R. Gurney (1930–2017, United States)
Karl Ferdinand Gutzkow (1811–1878, Germany)

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H

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Peter Hacks (1928–2003, Germany)
Ruth Hale (1908–2003, United States)
Roger Hall (living, New Zealand)
Adam de la Halle (c. 1237 – c. 1288, France)
W. David Hancock (living, United States)
Peter Handke (born 1942, Germany)
William Hanley (1931–2012, United States)
Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965, United States)
Haseena Moin (born 1941, Pakistan)
Ernst Hardt (1876–1947, Germany)
David Hare (born 1947, England)
Moss Hart (1904–1961, United States)
Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850–1885, India)
Jonathan Harvey (born 1968, England)
Ronald Harwood (born 1934, South Africa/England)
Walter Hasenclever (1890–1940, Germany)
Jeffrey Hatcher (living, United States)
Cleve Haubold (born 1930, United States)
Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946, Germany)
Václav Havel (1936–2011, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic)
Friedrich Hebbel (1813–1863, Germany)
Peter Hedges (born 1962, United States)
Lillian Hellman (1905–1984, United States)
Beth Henley (born 1952, United States)
Karl Friedrich Hensler (1759–1825, Austria)
George Herman (born 1928, United States)
Amy Herzog (living, United States)
Nigel Heseltine (1916–1995, England)
Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002, Australia)
John Heywood (c. 1497 – c. 1580, England)
Tomson Highway (born 1951, Canada)
Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916–1991, Germany)
Prince Hoare (1755–1834, England)
John Oliver Hobbes (Pearl Craigie, 1867–1906, United States/England)
Rolf Hochhuth (born 1931, Germany)
Fritz Hochwälder (1911–1986, Austria)
Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929, Austria)
Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754, Norway)
Thomas Holcroft (1745–1809, England)
Michael Hollinger (born 1962, United States)
Rupert Holmes (born David Goldstein, 1947, England/United States)
Tom Hood (1835–1874, England)
CJ Hopkins (born 1961, United States)
Ödön von Horváth (1901–1938, Austria-Hungary)
Robert Howard (1626–1698, England)
Sidney Howard (1891–1939, United States)
Tina Howe (born 1937, United States)
Frank Howson (born 1952, Australia)
John-Michael Howson (born 1936, Australia)
Hroswitha of Gandersheim (c. AD 935 – after 973, Germany) in Latin
Dusty Hughes (born 1947, England)
Langston Hughes (1902–1967, United States)
Victor Hugo (1802–1885, France)
Maureen Hunter (born 1948, Canada) in English
Samuel D. Hunter (born 1981, United States)

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I

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Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906, Norway)
William Inge (1913–1973, United States)
Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994, Romania) in French and Romanian
David Ives (born 1950, United States)
Naomi Iizuka (born 1965, United States)
Branislava Ilić (born 1970, Serbia)

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J

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Luigi Jannuzzi (born 1952, United States)
Alfred Jarry (1873–1907, France)
Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946, Austria)
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857, England)
Zillur Rahman John (born 1959, Bangladesh/Canada)
Terry Johnson (born 1955, England)
Denis Johnston (1901–1984, Ireland)
Arthur M. Jolly (born 1969, United States)
Ben Jonson (1572–1637, England)
Rajiv Joseph (born 1974, United States)
James Joyce (1882–1941, Ireland)

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K

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Georg Kaiser (1878–1945, Germany
Kālidāsa (4th–5th c. AD, India) in Sanskrit
Sarah Kane (1971–1999, England)
Girish Karnad (born 1938, India) in Kannada and English
Lally Katz (born 1978, United States)
George S. Kaufman (1889–1961, United States)
Moisés Kaufman (born 1963, United States)
John B. Keane (1928–2002, Ireland)
Dennis Kelly (born 1969, England)
Adrienne Kennedy (born 1931, United States)
Joseph Kesselring (1902–1967, United States)
Lyle Kessler (living, United States)
Stanley Keyes (living, United States)
Thomas Kilroy (born 1934, Ireland)
Sidney Kingsley (1906–1995, United States)
Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811, Germany)
Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752–1831, Germany)
Václav Kliment Klicpera (1792–1859, Austria-Hungary) in Czech
Kevin Kling (living, United States)
Alexander Kluge (born 1932, Germany)
Frederick Knott (1916–2002, England)
Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980, Austria-Hungary, England, Switzerland) in German
Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948–1989, France)
Harry Kondoleon (1955–1994, United States)
Bernard Kops (born 1926, England)
Apollo Korzeniowski (1820–1869, Poland)
August von Kotzebue (1761–1819, Germany)
Zygmunt Krasiński (1812–1859, Poland)
Karl Kraus (1874–1936, Austria)
Helmut Krausser (born 1964, Germany)
Franz Xaver Kroetz (born 1946, Germany)
Nestor Kukolnik (1809–1868, Russia)
Hanif Kureishi (born 1954, England)
Tony Kushner (born 1956, United States)
Kusumagraj (1912–1999, India) in Marathi
Thomas Kyd (1558–1594, England)

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L

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Neil LaBute (born 1963, United States)
Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974, Sweden)
Jun Lana (born 1972, Philippines)
Jonathon Larson (1960–1996, United States)
Stig Larsson (born 1955, Sweden)
Kirke La Shelle (1862–1905, United States)
Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945, Germany/Palestine/Israel)
Miklós László (1903–1973, Hungary/United States)
Walter Learning (born 1938, Canada)
Kang Baek Lee (born 1947, South Korea)
Robert E. Lee (1918–1994, United States)
Sue Lenier (born 1957, England)
Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751–1792, Russia/Livonia) in German
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781, Germany
Reinhard Lettau (1929–1996, Germany/United States)
Tracy Letts (born 1965, United States)
Ira Levin (1929–2007, United States)
Caleb Lewis (born 1978, Australia)
Saunders Lewis (1893–1985, Wales)
Nell Leyshon (living, England)
David Lindsay-Abaire (born 1969, United States)
Romulus Linney (1930–2011, United States)
Kenneth Lonergan (born 1962, United States)
Stephen Lowe (born 1947, England)
William Lower (c.1610–1662, England)
Craig Lucas (born 1951, United States)
Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987, United States)
Charles Ludlam (1943–1987, United States)
Ken Ludwig (living, United States)
Otto Ludwig (1813–1865, Germany)

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M

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Ewan MacColl (James Henry Miller, 1915–1989, Scotland)
Robert McLellan (1907–1985, Scotland)
Michael MacLennan (born 1968, Canada)
Wendy MacLeod (born 1959, United States)
George Macropedius (1487–1558, Netherlands) in Latin
Ellen McLaughlin (born 1957, United States)
Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965, Iran/United States)
Karen Malpede (living, United States)
David Mamet (born 1947, United States)
Henning Mankell (born 1948, Sweden)
Klaus Mann (1906–1949, Germany)
Mona Mansour (living, United States)
Frank Marcus (1928–1996, England)
William Marchant (1923–1995, United States)
Donald Margulies (born 1954, United States)
Pierre de Marivaux (1688–1763, France)
Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593, England)
James Henry Marriott (1799–1886, New Zealand)
John Marston (1576–1634, England)
Jane Martin, pseudonym of unknown playwright (United States)
Steve Martin (born 1945, United States)
Bruce Mason (1921–1982, New Zealand)
W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965, England)
Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930, Russia/Soviet Union)
Marius von Mayenburg (born 1972, Germany)
Dick McBride (born 1928, United States)
Tarell Alvin McCraney (United States)
Martin McDonagh (born 1970, Ireland)
Greg McGee (born 1950, New Zealand)
Frank McGuinness (born 1953, Ireland)
Scott McMorrow (living, United States)
Terrence McNally (born 1938, United States)
Scott McPherson (1959–1992, United States)
Mark Medoff (born 1940, United States)
Charles L. Mee (born 1938, United States)
Leonard Melfi (1932–2001, United States)
Menander (342–291 BC, Ancient Greece)
David Mercer (1928–1980, England)
Thomas Meriton (born 1638, England)
William Mew (1602 – c. 1669, England) in Latin
Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855, Poland)
George Middleton (1880–1967, United States)
Thomas Middleton (1580–1627, England)
Arthur Miller (1915–2005, United States)
Willy Millowitsch (1909–1999, Germany)
Jane Milmore (living, United States)
Octave Mirbeau (1848–1917, France)
Meg Miroshnik (living, United States)
Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973, Sweden)
Molière (1622–1673, France)
Natyaguru Nurul Momen (1908–1990, Bangladesh)
Jose Zorrilla y Moral (1817–1893, Spain)
Félix Morisseau-Leroy (Moriso Lewa, 1912–1998, Haiti)
Melvyn Morrow (born 1942, Australia)
Narendra Mohan (born 1935, India) in Hindi and Punjabi
John Mortimer (1923–2009, England)
Tom Morton-Smith (born 1980, England)
Tad Mosel (1922–2008, United States)
Itamar Moses (born 1977, United States)
Dimitrios Mpogris (1890–1964, Greece)
Sławomir Mrożek (1930–2013, Poland/France)
Heiner Müller (1929–1995, Germany)
Brighde Mullins (living, United States)
Kaj Munk (1898–1944, Denmark)
Jimmy Murphy (living, Ireland)
Tom Murphy (1935–2018, Ireland)
Tommy Murphy (born 1979, Australia)
Robert Musil (1880–1942, Austria)

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N

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Richard Nelson (born 1950, United States)
Johann Nestroy (1801–1862, Austria)
Anthony Neilson (born 1967, Scotland/England)
Peter Nichols (born 1927, England)
William Nicholson (born 1948, England)
Lars Norén (born 1944, Sweden)
Marsha Norman (born 1947, United States)
Bruce Norris (born 1960, United States)
Lynn Nottage (born 1964, United States)
Alden Nowlan (1933–1983, Canada)
János Nyíri (1932–2002, Hungary)

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O

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Dan O'Brien (born 1974, United States)
Seán O'Casey (1880–1964, Ireland)
Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953, United States)
Gerlinde Obermeier (1942–1984, Austria)
Clifford Odets (1906–1963, United States)
Bolaji Odofin (living, Nigeria)
Han Ong (born 1968, Philippines/United States)
Onyeka (living, England)
Dael Orlandersmith (living, United States)
Joe Orton (1933–1967, England)
John Osborne (1929–1994, England)
Peter Oswald (born 1965, England)
Rochelle Owens (born 1936, United States)

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P

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Jean Palaprat (1650–1721, France)
Morris Panych (born 1952, Canada)
Ralph Pape (living, United States)
Suzan-Lori Parks (born 1963, United States)
Angelo Parra (living, United States)
John Patrick (1905–1995, United States)
Robert Patrick (born 1937, United States)
Borislav Pekić (1930–1992, Yugoslavia/England) in Serbian
Charles Reece Pemberton (1790–1840, Wales/England)
Matthew Perry (born 1969, United States)
Tyler Perry (born 1969, United States)
Arthur Wing Pinero (1855–1934, England)
Harold Pinter (1930–2008, England)
Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936, Italy)
Plautus (c. 254 – 184 BC, Ancient Rome)
Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934–2007, Germany)
Suman Pokhrel(born 1967, Nepal)
Sharon Pollock (born 1936, Canada)
Gordon Porterfield (living, United States)
Reinaldo Povod (1960–1994, United States)
Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868–1927, Poland)
J. B. Priestley (1894–1984, England)
Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837, Russia)

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Q

Abu Khalil Qabbani (1835–1902, Syria)
Philippe Quinault (1635–1688, France)

R

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David Rabe (born 1940, United States)
Jean Racine (1639–1699, France)
Akbar Radi (1939–2007, Iran)
Ferdinand Raimund (1790–1836, Austria
Mohan Rakesh (1925–1972, India) in Hindi
Adam Rapp (born 1968, United States)
Lutz Rathenow (born 1952, Germany)
Terence Rattigan (1911–1977, England)
James Reaney (1926–2008, Canada)
Keith Reddin (born 1956, United States)
Renée (born 1929, New Zealand)
Yasmina Reza (born 1959, France)
Erwin Riess (born 1957, Austria)
Arnold Ridley (1896–1984, England)
Philip Ridley (born 1964, England)
Lawrence Riley (1896–1974, United States)
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926, Austro-Hungarian Empire/Switzerland)
José Rivera (born 1955, Puerto Rico) in English
Eigra Lewis Roberts (born 1939, Wales) in Welsh
Lennox Robinson (1886–1958, Ireland)
Rony Robinson (born 1940, England)
Jack Rosenthal (1931–2004, England)
Bert V. Royal (born 1977, United States)
Hossein Rajabian (born 1984, Iran)
Kenneth G. Ross (born 1941, Australia)
Edmond Rostand (1868–1918, France)
Friederike Roth (born 1948, Germany)
David Rudkin (born 1936, England)
Paul Rudnick (born 1957, United States)
John Ruganda (1941–2007, Uganda)
Sarah Ruhl (born 1974, United States)
Katherine Rundell (born 1967, England)
Willy Russell (born 1974, England)

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S

Sa–Se

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Partap Sharma (1939–2011, India)
Hans Sachs (1494–1576, Germany)
Nelly Sachs (1891–1970, Sweden)
Peter Sagal (born 1965, United States)
Bhisham Sahni (1915–2003, India) in Hindi
Florencio Sánchez (1875–1910, Uruguay)
Francesca Sanders (living, United States)
Balkrishna Sama (1903–1981, Nepal)
Colin Sargent (born 1954, United States)
William Saroyan (1908–1981, United States)
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980, France)
Mark Scharf (born 1956, United States)
Georges Schehadé (1905–1989, Lebanon) in French
Robert Schenkkan (born 1953, United States)
Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805, Germany)
Guillermo Schmidhuber (born 1943, Mexico)
Arno Schmidt (1914–1979, Germany)
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (born 1960, Belgium/France) in French
Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931, Austria)
Werner Schwab (1958–1994, Austria)
William Matthew Scott (1893–1964, England)
Sandra Seaton (living, United States)
David Sedaris (born 1956, United States)
Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC – AD 65, Rome) in Latin
Ferhan Şensoy (born 1951, Turkey)
Rick Shiomi (born 1947, Canada)

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Sg–Sr

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Anthony Shaffer (England, 1926–2001)
Peter Shaffer (1926–2016, England)
William Shakespeare (1564–1616, England)
Ntozake Shange (1948–2018, United States)
John Patrick Shanley (born 1950, United States)
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950, Ireland/England)
Wallace Shawn (born 1943, United States)
Rob Shearman (born 1970, England)
Edward Sheldon (1886–1946, United States)
Jane Shepard (born 1958, United States)
Sam Shepard (1943–2017, United States)
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816, Ireland/England)
Jonathan Marc Sherman (born 1968, United States)
R. C. Sherriff (1896–1975, England)
Robert E. Sherwood (1896–1955, United States)
George Shiels (1881–1949, Ireland)
Christopher Shinn (born 1975, United States)
Del Shores (born 1957, United States)
Larry Shue (1946–1985, United States)
Nicky Silver (living, United States)
Lazarre Seymour Simckes (born 1937, United States)
Neil Simon (1927–2018, United States)
Eric Simonson (born 1960, United States)
Bernard Slade (born 1930, Canada)
Juliusz Słowacki (1809–1849, Poland)
Roy Smiles (living, England)
Anna Deavere Smith (born 1950, United States)
Evan Smith (living, United States)
Sophocles (c. 497/6 – 406/5 BC, Ancient Greece)
Aaron Sorkin (born 1961, United States)
Wole Soyinka (born 1934, Nigeria)
Ron Sparks (born 1977, Canada)
Biljana Srbljanović (born 1970, Yugoslavia/Serbia)

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St–Sz

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Shelagh Stephenson (born 1955, England)
Polly Stenham (born 1986, England)
Tom Stoppard (born 1937, Czechoslovakia/England)
David Storey (1933–2017, England)
August Stramm (1874–1915, Germany)
Botho Strauß (born 1944, Germany)
August Strindberg (1849–1912, Sweden)
Sara Stridsberg (born 1972, Sweden)
Kelly Stuart (living, United States)
Preston Sturges (1898–1959, United States)
Abhi Subedi (born 1945, Nepal)
Patrick Süskind (born 1949, Germany)
Alfred Sutro (1863–1933, England)
Caridad Svich (born 1963, United States)
Robin Swados (born 1953, United States)
Jeffrey Sweet (born 1950, United States)
John Millington Synge (1871–1909, Ireland)

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T

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George Tabori (1914–2007, Hungary/England/United States/Germany) in English and German
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941, India) in English
Habib Tanvir (1923–2009, India) in Urdu
Jean Tardieu (1903–1995, France)
Henry Taylor (1800–1886, England)
Bernard J. Taylor (living, South Africa/United States)
Samuel Taylor (1912–2000, United States)
Telecleides (fl. 440s BC, Ancient Greece)
Vijay Tendulkar (1928–2008, India) in Marathi
Terence (c. 195/185 – c. 159 BC, Ancient Rome)
Tian Han (1898–1968, China)
Ernest Thompson (born 1949, United States)
Judith Thompson (born 1954, Canada)
Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853, Germany)
Dion Titheradge (1889–1934, Australia/England/United States)
Stephen Tobolowsky (United States)
Ernst Toller (1893–1939, Germany)
Francis Tolson (died 1745–46, England)
Colorado Tolston, pseudonym of T. James Belich (born 1976, United States)
Zlatko Topčić (born 1955, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Bartolomé de Torres Naharro (c. 1485 – c. 1530, Spain/Italy)
Miles Tredinnick (born 1955, England)
Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935, Germany)

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U

Nicholas Udall (1504–1556, England)
Alfred Uhry (born 1936, United States)
Rodolfo Usigli (1905–1979, Mexico)

V

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Alfonso Vallejo (born 1943, Spain)
Alexander Vampilov (1937–1972, Soviet Union)
Jaco Van Dormael (born 1957, Belgium)
John Vanbrugh (1664–1726, England)
John William Van Druten (1901–1957, England)
Jean-Claude van Itallie (born 1936, Belgium/United States)
Billy Van Zandt (born 1957, United States)
Lope de Vega (1562–1635, Spain)
Gil Vicente (c. 1465 – c. 1536, Portugal)
Gore Vidal (1925–2012, United States)
Paula Vogel (born 1951, United States)

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W

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Heinrich Leopold Wagner (1747–1779, Germany)
Stephen Wakelam (living, England)
Derek Walcott (1930–2017, Saint Lucia)
Craig Walker (born 1960, Canada)
George F. Walker (born 1947, Canada)
Naomi Wallace (born 1960, United States)
Martin Walser (born 1927, Germany)
Robert Walser (1878–1956, Switzerland) in German
Agnes Walsh (born 1950, Canada)
Saadallah Wannous (1941–1997, Syria)
Anne Washburn (living, United States)
Dale Wasserman (1914–2008, United States)
Wendy Wasserstein (1950–2006, United States)
Keith Waterhouse (1929–2009, England)
John Webster (1580 – c. 1634, England)
Frank Wedekind (1864–1918, Germany)
Peter Weiss (1916–1982, Germany)
Louise Welsh (born 1965, England/Scotland)
Franz Werfel (1890–1945, Austrian Empire/Germany/United States)
Timberlake Wertenbaker (living, United States/England)
Arnold Wesker (1932–2016, England)
Peter Whelan (1931–2014, England)
John Whiting (1917–1963, England)
Adolf von Wilbrandt (1837–1911, Germany)
Oscar Wilde (1850–1900, Ireland/England)
Thornton Wilder (1897–1975, United States)
Adolfo Wilhelmy (1887–1958, Mexico)
Emlyn Williams (1905–1987, Wales) in English
Tennessee Williams (1911–1983, United States)
David Williamson (born 1942, Australia)
August Wilson (1945–2005, United States)
Laurence Wilson (born 1970, England)
Lanford Wilson (1937–2011, United States)
Tracey Scott Wilson (born 1966, United States)
Leah Nanako Winkler (born 1985, Japan/United States)
Nicholas Wright (born 1940, United Kingdom)
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz {Witkacy} (1885–1939, Poland)
Karol Wojtyła {Pope John Paul II} (1920–2005, Poland)
Charles Wood (born 1932, Guernsey/England)
Linda Woolverton (born 1952, United States)
William Wycherley (c. 1641 – 1716, England)
Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907, Poland)
Laurence Mark Wythe (born 1974, England)

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Y

William Butler Yeats (1865–1939, Ireland)
Benjamin Yeoh (born 1978, England)
Chay Yew (謝耀, living, Singapore/United States)

Z

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Gabriela Zapolska (1860–1921, Poland)
Birhanu Zerihun (1933/34 – 1987, Ethiopia)
Paul Zindel (1936–2003, United States)
Émile Zola (1840–1902, France)
José Zorrilla (1817–1893, Spain)
Carl Zuckmayer (1896–1977, Germany/United States/Austria)
Jerzy Żuławski (1874–1915, Poland)
Stefan Zweig (1881–1942, Austria)

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