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British playwrights since 1950

This is a list of British dramatists who wrote their plays in the 1950s or later:

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

Rodney Ackland
Karim Alrawi
Jeffrey Archer
John Arden
Alan Ayckbourn

B

Enid Bagnold
Howard Barker
Peter Barnes
Alan Bennett
Steven Berkoff
Alan Bleasdale
Robert Bolt
Edward Bond
Howard Brenton
Gregory Burke

C

Jim Cartwright
Jimmie Chinn
Caryl Churchill
Ray Cooney
Noel Coward

D

Sarah Daniels
Shelagh Delaney
Nell Dunn

E

David Edgar
Ben Elton
Kevin Elyot

F

Tim Firth
Michael Frayn
Terence Frisby
Christopher Fry

G

Pam Gems
John Godber
Simon Gray
Trevor Griffiths

H

Christopher Hampton
David Hare
Ronald Harwood
William Douglas Home
Dusty Hughes

I

Tunde Ikoli

J

Stephen Jeffreys
Ann Jellicoe
Terry Johnson

K

Sarah Kane
Barrie Keefe
Tom Kempinski
Hanif Kureishi

L

Bryony Lavery
Mike Leigh
Stephen Lowe
Doug Lucie
Claire Luckham

M

Sharman Macdonald
John McGrath
Tom McGrath
Patrick Marber
Tony Marchant
Frank Marcus
Mustapha Matura
David Mercer
Anthony Minghella
John Mortimer

N

Bill Naughton
Peter Nichols
William Nicholson

O

Joe Orton
John Osborne

P

Louise Page
Michael Pertwee
Caryl Phillips
Winsome Pinnock
Harold Pinter
Stephen Poliakoff
Dennis Potter
David Pownall
J.B. Priestley

Q

R

Terence Rattigan
Willy Russell

S

James Saunders
Anthony Shaffer
Peter Shaffer
Tom Stoppard
David Storey

T

C.P. Taylor
Peter Terson
Ben Travers

U

Peter Ustinov

V

W

Michael Wall
Timberlake Wertenbaker
Arnold Wesker
Peter Whelan
Hugh Whitemore
Nigel Williams
Snoo Wilson

X

Y

Z

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