List of British playwrights since 1950
# List of British playwrights since 1950

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
* Martin Crimp
* Patricia Cumper
* Sarah Daniels
* April De Angelis
* Shelagh Delaney
* William Douglas-Home
* Stuart Draper
* Nell Dunn
* 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

## H–M

* 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
* 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

## N–Z

* 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
* 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
