List of British playwrights
# List of British playwrights

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
* Tejas Saini
* 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
