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Playwright list
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)
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Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (1951–2014, Nigeria)
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Kjeld Abell (1901–1961, Denmark)
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Paul Ableman (1927–2006, England)
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Marcel Achard (1899–1974, France)
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Herbert Achternbusch (1938–2022, Germany)
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J. R. Ackerley (1896–1967, England)
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Rodney Ackland (1908–1991, England)
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Adam de la Halle (c. 1237 – c. 1288, France)
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Arthur Adamov (1908–1970, France)
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Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936, New Zealand/Australia)
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Francis Adams (1862–1893, England)
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Marion Adams-Acton (1846–1928, Scotland)
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Joseph Addison (1672–1719, England)
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George Ade (1866–1944, United States)
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Mirza Adeeb (1914–1999, Pakistan)
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David Adjmi (born 1973, United States)
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Aeschylus (c. 525–456 BCE, Ancient Greece)
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Max Afford (1906–1954, Australia)
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Aleksandr Nikolayevich Afinogenov (1904–1941, Russia)
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Agathon (c. 448 – c. 400 BCE,
Athens)
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Bola Agbaje (born c. 1981, England)
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Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023,
Gold Coast, now Ghana)
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George L. Aiken (1830–1876, United States)
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Ayad Akhtar (born 1970, United States)
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Zoë Akins (1886–1958, United States)
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Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov (1932–2009, Russia/Soviet Union)
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Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (c. 1581–1639, New Spain, now Mexico)
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Edward Albee (1928–2016, United States)
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Rafael Alberti (1902–1999, Spain)
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James Albery (1838–1889, England)
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Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890, Romania)
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Vittorio Alfieri (1749–1803, Italy)
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William Alfred (1922–1999, United States)
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Jay Presson Allen (1922–2006, United States)
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Jim Allen (1926–1999, England)
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Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg 1935, United States)
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Viscount of Almeida Garrett (1799–1854, Portugal)
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Robert Altman (1925–2006, United States)
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Alejandro Rodriguez Alvarez (1903–1965, Spain)
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Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero (1871–1938 and 1873–1944, Spain)
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Mark Ambient (1860–1937, England)
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Franco Ambriz (living,
Brooklyn, New York)
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Angelo Ambrogini {redirect to
Angelo Poliziano}
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Freddie Anderson (1922–2001, Ireland/Scotland)
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Jane Anderson (born c. 1954, United States)
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Maxwell Anderson (1888–1959, United States)
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Robert W. Anderson (1917–2009, United States)
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Stefan Andres (1906–1970, Germany)
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Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919, Russia)
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Lucius Livius Andronicus (c. 284 – c. 205 BCE, Ancient Rome)
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Maya Angelou (1928–2014, United States)
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Innokenty Fyodorovich Annensky (1856–1909, Russia)
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Jean Anouilh (1910–1987, France)
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S. Ansky (1863–1920, Russia) in Russian and Yiddish
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Ludwig Anzengruber (1839–1889, Austria)
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Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918, France)
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Jacob Appel (born 1973, United States)
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Manuel José Arce (1787–1847,
Federal Republic of Central America)
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William Archibald (1917–1970) (United States)
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Jane Arden (director) (1927–1982)
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John Arden (1930–2012, England)
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Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990, Cuba)
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Pietro Aretino (1492–1556, Italy)
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Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533, Italy)
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Aristophanes (c. 446–385 BCE, Ancient Greece)
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Reginald Arkell (1881–1959, England)
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Michael Arlen (1895–1956, England)
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Roberto Arlt (1900–1942, Argentina)
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Robert Armin (c. 1563–1615, England)
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Simon Armitage (born 1963, England)
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Georges Arnaud (1917–1987, France)
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Carlos Arniches (1866–1943, Spain)
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Fernando Arrabal (born 1932, Spain)
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Francisco Arriví (1915–2007,
Puerto Rico)
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Jorge Arroyo (born 1959, Costa Rica)
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Antón Arrufat (born 1935, Cuba)
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Antonin Artaud (1896–1948, France)
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Sholem Asch (1880–1957, Poland/United States) in Yiddish
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Oscar Asche (1871–1936, Australia)
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Werner Aspenström (1918–1997, Sweden)
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Marie Aspioti (1909–2000, Corfu)
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Leilah Assunção (born 1943, Brazil)
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Aubignac {redirect to
François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac}
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David Auburn (born 1969)
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Jacques Audiberti (1899–1965, France)
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Émile Augier (1820–1889, France)
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Arkady Averchenko (1881–1925, Russia/Czechoslovakia)
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George Axelrod (1922–2003, United States)
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Rachel Axler (living, United States)
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Alan Ayckbourn (born 1939, England)
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Marcel Aymé (1902–1967, France)
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Jakob Ayrer (c. 1543–1605 or 1625, Germany)
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Leslie Ayvazian (living, United States)
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Georges Baal (György Balassa, 1938–2013, Hungary/France)
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Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel (1894–1941, Russia), in Russian and Yiddish
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Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973, Austria)
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Phanuel Bacon (1700–1783, England)
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Enid Bagnold (1889–1981, England)
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Hermann Bahr (1863–1934, Austria)
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Paul Bailey (born 1937, England)
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Annie Baker (born 1981, United States)
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George Pierce Baker (1866–1935, United States)
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John Roman Baker (born 1944, England)
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John Lloyd Balderston (1889–1954, United States)
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James Baldwin (1924–1987, United States)
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John Bale (1495–1563, England)
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Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850, France)
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Banabhatta (7th century CE, India, in Sanskrit)
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Francisco Antonio Bances y López-Candamo (1662–1704, Spain)
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Théodore de Banville (1823–1891, France)
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John Banks (c. 1650–1706, England)
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Imamu Amiri Baraka (1934–2014, United States)
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Maurice Baring (1874–1945, England)
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Howard Barker (born 1946, England)
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James Nelson Barker (1784–1858, United States)
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Meredydd Barker (living, Wales) in Welsh and English
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Ernst Barlach (1870–1938, Germany)
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Peter Barnes (1931–2004, England)
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Jeff Baron (living, United States)
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J. M. Barrie (1860–1937, Scotland)
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Desmond Barry (born 1954, Wales) in English
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Philip Barry (1896–1949, United States)
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Mike Bartlett (born 1980, England)
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Gabriel Barylli (born 1957, Austria)
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Peter Basch (1921–2004, Germany/United States)
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Ada Lee Bascom (unknown – 1928, United States)
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Todd Bash (born 1965, United States)
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Henri Bataille (1872–1922, France)
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Wolfgang Bauer (1941–2005, Austria)
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L. Frank Baum (1856–1919, United States)
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Terry Baum (born 1946, United States)
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Clifford Bax (1886–1962, England)
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Peter Bayley (1778–1823, England)
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Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839, England)
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Richard Bean (born 1956, England)
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Pierre de Beaumarchais (1732–1799, France)
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Francis Beaumont (1584/1585–1616, England)
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Jim Beaver (born 1950, United States)
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Samuel Beazley (1786–1851, England)
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Ulrich Becher (1910–1990, Germany)
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Jürgen Becker (born 1959, Germany)
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Jurek Becker (1937–1997, Poland/Germany)
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Samuel Beckett (1906–1989, Ireland) in English and French
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Henry Becque (1837–1899, France)
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Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866–1945, Austria)
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George Beeby (1869–1942, Australia)
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Chad Beguelin (born 1969, United States)
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Brendan Behan (1923–1964, Ireland)
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Aphra Behn (1640–1689, England)
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S. N. Behrman (1893–1973, United States)
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David Belasco (1853–1931, United States)
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T. James Belich (pseudonym:
Colorado Tolston) (born 1976, United States)
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Florence Bell (1851–1930, England)
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Mary Hayley Bell (1911–2005, England)
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Luis de Belmonte y Bermúdez (c. 1590 – c. 1650, Spain)
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Jacinto Benavente (1866–1954, Spain)
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Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888, Sweden)
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Sem Benelli (1877–1949, Italy)
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Ramvriksh Benipuri (1902–1968, India, in Hindi)
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Gottfried Benn (1886–1956, Germany)
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Alan Bennett (born 1934, England)
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Arnold Bennett (1867–1931, England)
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Angelo Beolco (1502–1542, Italy)
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Hjalmar Bergman (1883–1931, Sweden)
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Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007, Sweden)
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Reginald Berkeley (1890–1935, England)
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Steven Berkoff (born 1937, England)
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Tess Berry-Hart (1978, England)
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Jean-Jacques Bernard (1888–1972, France)
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Tristan Bernard (1866–1947, France)
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William Bayle Bernard (1807–1875, England)
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Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989, Austria)
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Henri Bernstein (1876–1953, France)
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Rudolph Besier (1878–1942, England)
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György Bessenyei (1747–1811, Hungary)
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Ugo Betti (1892–1953, Italy)
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Bahram Beyzai (born 1938, Iran)
Bi–By
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Bernardo Dovizio da Bibbiena (1470–1520, Italy)
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Isaac Bickerstaffe (1735–1812, Ireland)
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Sieur de Bigot {redirect to
Jean Palaprat}
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François Billetdoux (1927–1991, France)
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André Birabeau (1890–1974, France)
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Caroline Bird (born 1986, England)
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Robert Montgomery Bird (1806–1854, United States)
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Lajos Bíró (1880–1948, Hungary/England)
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Alexandre Bisson (1848–1912, France)
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Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832–1910, Norway)
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Lewis Black (born 1948, United States)
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Helen Blakeman (born 1971, England)
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August Blanche (1811–1868, Sweden)
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Lee Blessing (born 1949, United States)
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Dharamvir Bharati (1926–1997, India) in Hindi
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Suessa Baldridge Blaine (1860-1932, United States)
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Marc Blitzstein (1905–1964, United States)
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Alexander Blok (1880–1921, Russia)
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James Boaden (1762–1839, England)
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Augusto Boal (1931–2009, Brazil)
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Janka Boga (1886–1963, Hungary)
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Eric Bogosian (born 1953, United States)
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George H. Boker (1823–1890, United States)
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Robert Bolt (1924–1995, England)
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Valentino Bompiani (1898–1992, Italy)
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Edward Bond (born 1934, England)
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Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985, Wales)
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Massimo Bontempelli (1878–1960, Italy)
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Clare Boothe (1903–1987, United States)
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Wolfgang Borchert (1921–1947, Germany)
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Péter Bornemisza (c. 1535 – 1584, Hungary)
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Dion Boucicault (1820/1822–1890, Ireland/United States)
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Édouard Bourdet (1887–1945, France)
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Lucien Bourjeily (living, Lebanon)
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Edmé Boursault (1638–1701, France)
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John Griffith Bowen (1924–2019, India/England)
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Charles Boyle (1674–1731, England)
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Roger Boyle (1621–1679, Ireland/England)
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William Boyle (1853–1923, Ireland)
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Oskar Braaten (1881–1931, Norway)
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Roberto Bracco (1861–1943, Italy)
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Vitaliano Brancati (1907–1954, Italy)
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Barbarina Brand (1768–1854, England)
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Hannah Brand (1754–1821, England)
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George Brant (living, United States)
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Thomas Brasch (1945–2001, England/Germany)
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Volker Braun (born 1939, Germany)
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Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956, Germany)
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Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero (1585–1618,
Dutch Republic)
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Howard Brenton (born 1942, England)
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Manuel Bretón de los Herreros (1796–1873, Spain)
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James Bridie (1888–1951, Scotland)
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Eugène Brieux (1858–1932, France)
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Harold Brighouse (1882–1958, England)
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Hermann Broch (1886–1951, Austria-Hungary/Austria)
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Max Brod (1884–1968) (Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Israel) in German
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Richard Brome (c. 1590–1652/1653, England)
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Arnolt Bronnen (1895–1959, Austria)
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Peter Brook (born 1925, England)
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Kent R. Brown (living, United States)
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Robert Browning (1812–1889, England)
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Ferdinand Bruckner (1891–1958, Austria)
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Christine Brückner (1921–1996, Germany)
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David-Augustin de Brueys (1640–1723, France)
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Giordano Bruno (1548–1600, Italy)
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Georg Büchner (1813–1837, Germany)
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Leicester Silk Buckingham (1825–1867, England)
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Duke of Buckingham (1628–1687, England)
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Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916–2000, Spain)
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Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940, Russia)
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Edward Bullins (1935–2021, United States)
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–1873, England)
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John Burgoyne (1722–1792, England)
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Frances Burney (Frances, Mme d'Arblay, 1752–1840, England)
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Frances Burney (1776–1828, England)
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Sophia Burrell (1753–1802, England)
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Leo Butler (born 1974, England)
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Jez Butterworth (born 1969, England)
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George Gordon Byron (1788–1824, England)
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Henry James Byron (1835–1884, England)
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Gaston de Caillavet (1869–1915, France)
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Hall Caine (1853–1931, England)
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Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681, Spain)
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Sheila Callaghan (born 1973, United States)
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Callias (5th century BCE, Ancient Greece)
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Richard Cameron (born 1948, England)
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Marc Camoletti (1923–2003, France)
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Bartley Campbell (1843–1888, United States)
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David Campton (1924–2006, England)
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Albert Camus (1913–1961, France)
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Hall Caine (1853–1931, Isle of Man)
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Elias Canetti (1905–1994, Bulgaria/England) in German
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José de Cañizares (1676–1750, Spain)
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Denis Cannan (1919–2011, England)
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Cao Yu (1910–1996, China)
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Karel Čapek (1890–1938, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia) in Czech
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Luigi Capuana (1839–1915, Italy)
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Alfred Capus (1858–1922, France)
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Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912, Romania)
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Emilio Carballido (1925–2008, Mexico)
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Louis Carette {redirect to
Félicien Marceau}
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Henry Carey (1687–1743, England)
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Annibale Caro (1507–1566, Italy)
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Harriet Frances Carpenter (1868/75 – 1956, United States)
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Paul Vincent Carroll (1900–1968, Ireland/Scotland)
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R. C. Carton (1853–1928, England)
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Jim Cartwright (born 1958, England)
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William Cartwright (1611–1643, England)
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Elizabeth Cary (1585–1639, England)
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John Caryll (1625–1711, England)
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Alejandro Casona (1903–1965, Spain)
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Guillén de Castro y Bellvís (1569–1631, Spain)
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Jane Cavendish (1621–1669, England)
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Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673, England)
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Susanna Centlivre (c. 1667–1723, England)
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Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616, Spain)
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Linda Chambers (born 1954, United States)
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Robert Chantler (1971- England)
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George Chapman (c. 1560–1634, England)
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Katharine Hopkins Chapman (1870/72/73-1930, United States)
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Charlotte Charke (1713–1760, England)
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Mary Coyle Chase (1907–1981, United States)
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Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981, United States)
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904, Russia)
Matilde Cherner (1833-1880, Spain)
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Andrew Cherry (1762–1812, Ireland)
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William Rufus Chetwood (died 1766, England/Ireland)
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Luigi Chiarelli (1880–1947, Italy)
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Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653–1725, Japan)
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Jerome Chodorov (1911–2004, United States)
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Agatha Christie (1890–1976, England)
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Eugenia Chuprina (born 1971, Ukraine)
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Caryl Churchill (born 1938, England)
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Colley Cibber (1671–1757, England)
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Giovanni Battista Cini (c. 1525–1586, Italy)
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Henry Savile Clarke (1841–1893, England)
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Roy Clarke (born 1930, England)
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John Clavell (1601–1643, England)
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Paul Claudel (1868–1955, France)
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Dick Clement (born 1937, England)
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Rick Cleveland (living, United States)
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Lucy Clifford (1846–1929, England)
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Kitty Clive (1711–1785, England)
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Aston Cockayne (1608–1684, England)
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Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1679–1749, England)
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Jean Cocteau (1889–1963, France)
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Antonio Coello y Ochoa (1611–1652, Spain)
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George M. Cohan (1878–1942, United States)
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Catrin Collier (born 1948, Wales) in English
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George Colman the Elder (1732–1794, England)
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John Colton (1889–1946, United States/England)
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Padraic Colum (1881–1972, Ireland/United States)
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Rosina Conde (born 1954, Mexico)
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Pat Condell (born 1949, Ireland/England)
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William Congreve (1670–1729, England)
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Richard Conlon (born 1965, England)
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Marc Connelly (1890–1980, United States)
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Tony Connor (born 1930, England)
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Robert Taylor Conrad (1810–1858, United States)
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Michael Cook (1933–1994, Canada)
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Thomas Cooke (1703–1756, England)
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Ray Cooney (born 1932, England)
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Jacques Copeau (1879–1949, France)
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François Coppée (1842–1908, France)
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Simon Corble (living, England)
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Pierre Corneille (1606–1684, France)
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Thomas Corneille (1625–1709, France)
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Joe Corrie (1894–1968, Scotland)
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Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas (United States)
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Pietro Cossa (1830–1881, Italy)
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Georges Courteline (1858–1929, France)
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Noël Coward (1899–1973, England)
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Hannah Cowley (1743–1809, England)
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Louis O. Coxe (1918–1993, United States)
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Elizabeth, Princess Berkeley (1750–1828, England)
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Henry Thornton Craven (1818–1905, England)
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Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1674–1762, France)
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Martin Crimp (born 1956, England)
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Michael Cristofer (born 1945, United States)
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Francis de Croisset (1877–1937, France)
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Fernand Crommelynck (1885–1970, Belgium/France) in French
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A. J. Cronin (1896–1981, Scotland)
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A. F. Cross (1863–1940, England)
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Rachel Crothers (1878–1958, United States)
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Russel Crouse (1893–1966, United States)
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Catherine Crowe (1803–1876, England)
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Mart Crowley (1935–2020, United States)
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John Crowne (1641–1712, England)
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Nilo Cruz (born 1960, Cuba/United States) in English
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Ramón de la Cruz (1731–1794, Spain)
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Gergely Csíky (1842–1891, Hungary)
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Franz Theodor Csokor (1885–1969, Austria)
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Álvaro Cubillo de Aragón (1596–1661, Spain)
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Juan de la Cueva (c. 1550–1610, Spain)
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Tom Cullen (born 1985, Wales/England) in English
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Richard Cumberland (1732–1811, England)
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E. E. Cummings (1894–1962, United States)
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François de Curel (1854–1928, France)
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Robert Daborne (1580?-1628) England)
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Stig Dagerman (1923–1954, Sweden)
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Andrew Dallmeyer (1945–2017, Scotland)
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Augustin Daly (1838–1899, United States)
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Clemence Dane (1888–1965, England)
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George Landen Dann (1904–1977, Australia)
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Florent Carton Dancourt (1661–1725, France)
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Clemence Dane (1888–1965, England)
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Sarah Daniels (born 1956, England)
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Gabriele d'Annunzio (1863–1938, Italy)
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Bill Dare (living, England)
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Florence Henrietta Darwin (1864–1920, England)
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Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897, France)
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William Davenant (1606–1668, England)
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Robert Davenport (fl. 1623–1639, England)
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James Kitchener Davies (1902–1952, Wales) in Welsh
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Robertson Davies (1913–1995, Canada)
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Jack Davis (1917–2000, Australia)
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Ossie Davis (1917–2005, United States)
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Owen Davis (1874–1956, United States)
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Roxann Dawson (born 1958, United States)
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Frederic Lansing Day (1886–1982) (United States)
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April De Angelis (born c. 1960, England)
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Swadesh Deepak (born 1942, India) in Hindi
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Eduardo De Filippo (1900–1984, Italy)
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Paul Dehn (1912–1976, England)
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Nalini Prava Deka (1944–2014, India)
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Thomas Dekker (c. 1572–1632, England)
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Shelagh Delaney (1939–2011, England)
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Casimir-Jean-François Delavigne (1793–1843, France)
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Barbu Delavrancea (1858–1918, Romania)
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R. F. Delderfield (1912–1972, England)
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Giambattista della Porta (1535–1615, Italy)
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Merrill Denison (1893–1975, Canada)
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Catalina D'Erzel (1897-1950, Mexico)
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Lucien Descaves (1861–1949, France)
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Jean Desmarets (1595–1676, France)
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Sugathapala de Silva (1928–2002), Ceylon/Sri Lanka) in
Sinhala
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Philippe Néricault Destouches (1680–1754, France)
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Jacques Deval (1894–1972, France)
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Edward de Vere (1550–1604, England)
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Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909–1959, Nepal)
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Juan Bautista Diamante (1625–1687, Spain)
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Lydia R. Diamond (born 1969, United States)
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Charles Dibdin (1745–1814, England)
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Thomas John Dibdin (1771–1841, England)
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Joaquín Dicenta (1863–1917, Spain)
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Denis Diderot (1713–1784, France)
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Steven Dietz (born 1958, United States)
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Salvatore Di Giacomo (1860–1934, Italy)
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Joe DiPietro (born 1961, United States)
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Robert Dodsley (1703–1764, England)
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Lodovico Dolce (1508 – c. 1568, Italy)
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Maurice Donnay (1859–1945, France)
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Ariel Dorfman (born 1942, Argentina/Chile/United States) in Spanish and English
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Earl of Dorset {redirect to
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset}
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Tankred Dorst (1925–2017, Germany)
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Louise Doughty (born 1963, England)
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William Missouri Downs (born 1965, United States)
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Stuart Draper (born 1967, England)
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Michael Drayton (1563–1631, England)
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John Drinkwater (1882–1937, England)
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William Price Drury (1861–1949, England)
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John Dryden (1631–1700, England)
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Marin Držić (1508–1587, Republic of Ragusa) in
Croatian
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Marcel Dubé (1930–2016, Canada) in French
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Charles Rivière Dufresny (1654–1724, France)
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Edmund Duggan (playwright) (1862–1938, Australia)
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Roger Martin du Gard {redirect to
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Ashley Dukes (1885–1959, England)
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Alexandre Dumas, père (1802–1870, France)
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D Underbelly (born late 1990s, United States)
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Govind Purushottam Deshpande (1938–2013, India) in Marathi
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Andrea Dunbar (1961–1990, England)
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William Duncombe (1690–1769, England)
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William Dunlap (1766–1839, United States)
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Antony Dunn (born 1973, England)
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Marc Dunn (born 1978, United States)
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Nell Dunn (born 1936, England)
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Philip Dunning (1891–1957, United States)
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Lord Dunsany (1878–1957, England/Ireland)
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Christopher Durang (born 1949, United States)
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Marguerite Duras (1914–1996, France)
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Thomas d'Urfey (1653–1723, England)
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Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990, Switzerland) in German
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Pierre du Ryer (1606–1658, France)
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Jean Dutourd (1920–2011, France)
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Utpal Dutta (living, India) in Assamese
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Henri Duvernois (1875–1937, France)
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Mary Emma Ebsworth (1794–1881, England)
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José Echegaray (1832–1916, Spain)
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David Edgar (born 1948, England)
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Margaret Edson (born 1961, United States)
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Richard Edwardes (1525–1566, England)
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Dic Edwards (born 1953, Wales) in English
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Erik Ehn (living, United States)
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Günter Eich (1907–1972, Germany
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Baron Joseph von Eichendorff (1788–1857, Germany)
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Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983, United States)
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Menna Elfyn (born 1952, Wales) in Welsh
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T. S. Eliot (1888–1965, United States/England)
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Juan del Encina (c. 1469–1529/1530, Spain)
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Will Eno (born 1965, United States)
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Per Olov Enquist (1934–2020, Sweden)
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Nick Enright (1950–2003, Australia)
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Eve Ensler (born 1953, United States)
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Hans Magnus Enzensberger (born 1929, Germany)
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Epicharmus of Kos (late 6th – early 5th c. BCE, Ancient Greece)
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Paul Ernst (1866–1933, Germany)
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St. John Ervine (1883–1971, Ireland/England)
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Louis Esson (1878–1943, Australia)
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George Etherege (c. 1635–1691, England)
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Solomon Ettinger (1800/1803–1856, Poland) in Hebrew and Yiddish
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Eupolis (c. 446–411 BCE, Ancient Greece)
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Euripides (c. 485 – c. 406 BCE, Ancient Greece)
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Don Evans (1938–2003, United States)
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Charles Evered 1964-, United States)
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Diego Fabbri (1911–1980, Italy)
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Émile Fabre (1869–1955, France)
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Jan Fabricius (1871-1964, Netherlands)
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Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland (1602–1666, England)
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Herbert Farjeon (1887–1945, England)
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Joseph Jefferson Farjeon (1883–1955, England)
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George Farquhar (1677/1678–1707, England)
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Simon Farquhar (living, Scotland)
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Florence Farr (1860–1917, England)
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Graham Farrow (living, England)
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982, Germany)
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René Fauchois (1882–1962, France)
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Jules Feiffer (born 1929, United States)
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Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019, England)
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Edna Ferber (1887–1968, United States)
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Lucas Fernández (1474–1542, Spain)
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Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760–1828, Spain)
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Nicolás Fernández de Moratín (1737–1780, Spain)
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Paolo Ferrari (1822–1889, Italy)
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Lion Feuchtwanger (1884–1958, Germany)
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Georges Feydeau (1862–1921, France)
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Nathan Field (1587–1620, England)
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Henry Fielding (1707–1754, England)
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Joseph Fields (1895–1966, United States)
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Graeme Fife (living, England)
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Alex Finlayson (born 1951, United States)
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Ronald Firbank (1886–1926, England)
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Clyde Fitch (1865–1909, United States)
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George Fitzmaurice (1877–1963, Ireland)
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Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880, France)
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Martin Flavin (1883–1967, United States)
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Harvey Fierstein (born 1952, United States)
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Tim Firth (born 1964, England)
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Peter Flannery (born 1951, England)
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James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915, England)
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Richard Flecknoe (c. 1600–1678, England)
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Marieluise Fleißer (1901–1974, Germany)
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Justin Fleming (born 1953, Australia)
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Robert de Flers (1872–1927, France)
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John Fletcher (1579–1625, England)
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Lucille Fletcher (1912–2000, United States)
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Dario Fo (1926–2016, Italy)
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Ladislas Fodor (1898–1978, Hungary/West Germany)
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Antonio Fogazzaro (1842–1911, Italy)
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Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin (1744/1745–1792, Russia)
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Horton Foote (1916–2009, United States)
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Samuel Foote (1720–1777, England)
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John Ford (c. 1586 – post-1639, England)
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María Irene Fornés (1930–2018, Cuba/United States) in English
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Lars Forssell (1928–2007, Sweden)
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Ugo Foscolo (1778–1827, Italy)
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Jon Fosse (born 1959, Norway)
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Norm Foster (born 1949, Canada)
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Paul Foster (1937–2021, United States)
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Paul Foucher (1810–1875, France)
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Tim Fountain (born 1967, England)
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Charles J. Fourie (born 1965, South Africa)
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Amy Fox (born 1975, United States)
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Bruno Frank (1887–1945, Germany)
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Leonhard Frank (1882–1961, Germany/United States)
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Ian Fraser (South Africa/United States)
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Michael Frayn (born 1933, England)
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Aleksander Fredro (1793–1876, Poland)
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David French (1939–2010, Canada)
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Gustav Freytag (1816–1895, Germany)
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Erich Fried (1921–1988, Austria/England) in German
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Gertrude Friedberg (died 1989, United States)
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Bruce Jay Friedman (1930–2020, United States)
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Brian Friel (1929–2015, Ireland)
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Ketti Frings (1909–1981, United States)
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Max Frisch (1911–1991, Switzerland)
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Christopher Fry (1907–2005, England)
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Franz Fühmann (1922–1984, Germany)
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Athol Fugard (born 1932, South Africa)
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Ulpian Fulwell (1545/1546–1584/1586, England)
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Milán Füst (1888–1967, Hungary)
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Jeremy Gable (born 1982, United States)
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Ram Ganesh Gadkari (1885–1919, India)
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Zona Gale (1874–1938, United States)
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Ferdinando Galiani (1728–1787, Italy)
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John Galsworthy (1867–1933, England)
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Vicente Antonio García de la Huerta (1734–1787, Spain)
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Antonio García Gutiérrez (1813–1884, Spain)
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Federico García Lorca (1898–1936, Spain)
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David Garnett (1892–1981, England)
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Robert Garnier (1544–1590, France)
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David Garrick (1717–1779, England)
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George Gascoigne (1535–1577, England)
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Armand Gatti (1924–2017, France)
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Natalie Gaupp (born 1967, United States)
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John Gay (1685–1732, England)
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Michael V. Gazzo (1923–1995, United States)
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Larry Gelbart (1928–2009, United States)
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Jack Gelber (1932–2003, United States)
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Gratien Gélinas (1909–1999, Canada) in French
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Pam Gems (1925–2011, England)
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Jean Genet (1910–1986, France)
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Joel Gersmann (1942–2005, United States)
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Alice Gerstenberg (1885–1972, United States)
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Franz Xaver Karl Gewey (1764–1819, Austria)
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Michel de Ghelderode (1898–1962, Belgium) in French
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Henri Ghéon (1875–1944, France)
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Paolo Giacometti (1816–1882, Italy)
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Giuseppe Giacosa (1847–1906, Italy)
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Donato Giannotti (1492–1573, Italy)
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Melissa James Gibson (living, Canada)
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William Gibson (1914–2018, United States)
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W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911, England)
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D. B. Gilles (living, United States)
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William Gillette (1855–1937, United States)
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Frank D. Gilroy (1925–2015, United States)
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Antonio Gil y Zárate (1793–1861, Spain)
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Gina Gionfriddo (living, United States)
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Jean Giono (1895–1970, France)
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Giambattista Giraldi Cinthio (1504–1573, Italy)
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Giovanni Giraud (1776–1834, Italy)
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Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944, France)
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Lesley Glaister (born 1956, England/Scotland)
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Susan Glaspell (1876–1948, United States)
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Josef Alois Gleich (1772–1841, Austria)
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Richard Glover (1712–1785, England)
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Janusz Głowacki (1938–2007, Poland/United States) in Polish and English
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John Godber (born 1956, England)
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832, Germany)
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Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol (1809–1852, Russia)
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Abraham Haim Lipke Goldfaden (1840–1908) (Russia/United States) in Hebrew and Yiddish
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James Goldman (1927–1998, United States)
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Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793, Italy)
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Oliver Goldsmith (1728/1730–1774, Ireland/England)
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Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969, Poland/
Argentina) in Polish
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Prince Gomolvilas (born 1972, United States)
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Jeff Goode (living, United States)
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Jules Eckert Goodman (1876–1962, United States)
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Frances Goodrich (1890–1984, United States)
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Jacob Gordin (1853–1909, Ukraine/United States) in Russian and Yiddish
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Ruth Gordon (1896–1985, United States)
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Charles Gordone (1925–1995, United States)
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Catherine Gore (1798–1861, England)
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Maxim Gorky (1868–1936, Russia)
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Stephen Gosson (1554–1624, England)
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Staffan Göthe (born 1944, Sweden)
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Abraham Dov Ber Gottlober (1811–1899, Russia) in Hebrew and Yiddish
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Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700–1766, Germany)
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Olympe de Gouges (1748–1793, France)
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Carlo Gozzi (1720–1806, Italy)
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Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1801–1836, Germany)
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Ed Graczyk (born 1941/1942, United States)
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Ray Harrison Graham (born 1962, England)
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David Marshall Grant (born 1955, United States)
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George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666–1735, England)
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Harley Granville-Barker (1877–1946, England)
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Jörg Graser (born 1951, Germany)
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Günter Grass (1927–2015, Germany)
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Jacinto Grau Delgado (1877–1958, Spain)
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Nicholas Stuart Gray (1922–1981, England)
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Simon Gray (1936–2008, England)
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Antonio Francesco Grazzini (1503–1584, Italy)
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Julien Green (1900–1998, France/United States) in French
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Paul Eliot Green (1894–1981, United States)
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Richard Greenberg (born 1958, United States)
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Frances Nimmo Greene (1867-1937, United States)
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Graham Greene (1904–1991, England)
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Robert Greene (1558–1592, England)
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Elana Greenfield (United States)
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David Greenspan (born 1956, United States)
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Lady Augusta Gregory (1852–1932) (Ireland)
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Martin Greif (1839–1911, Germany)
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David Greig (Scotland)
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Jean-Baptiste Louis Gresset (1709–1777, France)
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Tom Griffin (1946–2018, United States)
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Trevor Griffiths (born 1935, England)
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Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872, Austria)
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Angelina Grimké (1805-1879, United States)
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David Grimm (born 1965, United States)
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Rinne Groff (living, United States)
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Philip Gross (born 1952, England)
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Sydney Grundy (1848–1914, England)
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Andreas Gryphius (1616–1664, Germany)
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John Guare (born 1938, United States)
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Stephen Adly Guirgis (born 1965, United States)
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Sacha Guitry (1885–1957, France)
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Yesim Ozsoy Gulan (born 1972, Turkey)
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Sachin Gupta (born 1978, India) in Hindi
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Danai Gurira (born 1978, United States)
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A. R. Gurney (1930–2017, United States)
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Karl Ferdinand Gutzkow (1811–1878, Germany)
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Peter Hacks (1928–2003, Germany)
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Ruth Hale (1908–2003, United States)
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Roger Hall (born 1939, New Zealand)
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Steven Hall (born 1975, England)
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Adam de la Halle (c. 1237 – c. 1288, France)
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Cicely Hamilton (1872–1952, England)
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Cosmo Hamilton (1871–1942, England)
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Patrick Hamilton (1904–1962, England)
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Christopher Hampton (born 1946, England)
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W. David Hancock (living, United States)
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Peter Handke (born 1942, Germany)
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William Hanley (1931–2012, United States)
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Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965, United States)
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Haseena Moin (1941–2021, Pakistan)
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Ernst Hardt (1876–1947, Germany)
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Edward W. Hardy (born 1992, United States)
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David Hare (born 1947, England)
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Johann Hari (born 1979, Scotland)
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Tony Harrison (born 1937, England)
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Moss Hart (1904–1961, United States)
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Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850–1885, India)
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Jonathan Harvey (born 1968, England)
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Ronald Harwood (1934–2020, South Africa/England)
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Walter Hasenclever (1890–1940, Germany)
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Christopher Hassall (1912–1963, England)
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Michael Hastings (1938–2011, England)
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Jeffrey Hatcher (living, United States)
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Richard Hathwaye (died 1604, England)
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Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946, Germany)
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Václav Havel (1936–2011, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic)
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Walter Hawkesworth (c. 1573–1606, England)
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Gyula Háy (Stefan Faber, 1900–1975, Hungary/Switzerland)
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William Hayley (1745–1820, England)
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Eliza Haywood (c. 1693–1756, England)
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Colin Henry Hazlewood (1823–1875, England)
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Friedrich Hebbel (1813–1863, Germany)
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Peter Hedges (born 1962, United States)
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Herman Heijermans (1864-1924, Netherlands)
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Lillian Hellman (1905–1984, United States)
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Beth Henley (born 1952, United States)
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Karl Friedrich Hensler (1759–1825, Austria)
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John Abraham Heraud (1799–1887, England)
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A. P. Herbert (1890–1971, England)
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George Herman (1928–2019, United States)
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Amy Herzog (living, United States)
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Nigel Heseltine (1916–1995, England)
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Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002, Australia)
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John Heywood (c. 1497 – c. 1580, England)
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Thomas Heywood (early 1570s – 1641, England)
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Robert Hichens (1864–1950, England)
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Tomson Highway (born 1951, Canada)
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Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916–1991, Germany)
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Aaron Hill (1685–1750, England)
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John Hippisley (1696–1748, England)
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Robert Hitchcock (died 1809, England)
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Prince Hoare (1755–1834, England)
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John Oliver Hobbes (Pearl Craigie, 1867–1906, United States/England)
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Rolf Hochhuth (1931–2020, Germany)
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Fritz Hochwälder (1911–1986, Austria)
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Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929, Austria)
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Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754, Norway)
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Thomas Holcroft (1745–1809, England)
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Margaret Holford (1757–1834, England)
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Arthur Holitscher (1869–1941, Hungary/Germany)
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Michael Hollinger (born 1962, United States)
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Constance Holme (1880–1955, England)
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Rupert Holmes (born David Goldstein, 1947, England/United States)
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Tom Hood (1835–1874, England)
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CJ Hopkins (born 1961, United States)
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Frederick William Horner (born 1854, Wales) in English
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Roy Horniman (1874–1930, England)
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Ödön von Horváth (1901–1938, Austria-Hungary)
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Laurence Housman (1865–1959, England)
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Edward Howard (1624–1712, England)
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Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle (1748–1825, England)
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Robert Howard (1626–1698, England)
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Sidney Howard (1891–1939, United States)
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Tina Howe (born 1937, United States)
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Frank Howson (1952–2024, Australia)
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John-Michael Howson (born 1936, Australia)
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Hroswitha of Gandersheim (c. 935 – post-973, Germany) in Latin
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Dusty Hughes (born 1947, England)
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Langston Hughes (1902–1967, United States)
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Richard Hughes (1900–1976, England)
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Victor Hugo (1802–1885, France)
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Maureen Hunter (born 1948, Canada) in English
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Samuel D. Hunter (born 1981, United States)
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Sándor Hunyady (1890–1942, Hungary)
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Angela Huth (born 1938, England)
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Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906, Norway)
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Victor Ido (1869-1948, Netherlands)
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Elizabeth Inchbald (1753–1821, England)
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William Inge (1913–1973, United States)
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Thomas Ingelend (fl. 1560, England)
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Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994, Romania) in French and Romanian
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William Henry Ireland (1775–1835, England)
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David Ives (born 1950, United States)
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Naomi Iizuka (born 1965, United States)
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Branislava Ilić (born 1970, Serbia)
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Donald Jack (1924–2003, England/Canada)
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Luigi Jannuzzi (born 1952, United States)
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Alfred Jarry (1873–1907, France)
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Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946, Austria)
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Ann Jellicoe (1927–2017, England)
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Ida Jenbach (fl. 1920s – 1930s, Hungary/Germany)
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Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927, England)
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Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857, England)
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Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912–1981, England)
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Terry Johnson (born 1955, England)
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Denis Johnston (1901–1984, Ireland)
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Arthur M. Jolly (born 1969, England)
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Henry Arthur Jones (1851–1929, England)
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Patrick Jones (born 1965, Wales) in English
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Ben Jonson (1572–1637, England)
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Rajiv Joseph (born 1974, United States)
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James Joyce (1882–1941, Ireland)
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Georg Kaiser (1878–1945, Germany
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Kālidāsa (4th–5th c. CE, India) in Sanskrit
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Sarah Kane (1971–1999, England)
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Girish Karnad (1938–2019, India) in
Kannada and English
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József Katona (1791–1830, Hungary)
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Lally Katz (born 1978, United States)
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George S. Kaufman (1889–1961, United States)
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Moisés Kaufman (born 1963, United States)
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John B. Keane (1928–2002, Ireland)
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Barrie Keeffe (1945–2019, England)
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Dennis Kelly (born 1969, England)
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Fanny Kemble (1809–1893, England)
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János Kemény (1903–1971, Romania) in Hungarian
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Adrienne Kennedy (born 1931, United States)
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Margaret Kennedy (1896–1967, England)
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James Kenney (1780–1849, England)
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William Kenrick (c. 1725–1779, England)
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Josephine Kermode (pseudonym Cushag, 1852–1937, Isle of Man)
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Joseph Kesselring (1902–1967, United States)
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Lyle Kessler (living, United States)
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Stanley Keyes (born 1948, United States)
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Henry Killigrew (1613–1700, England)
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Thomas Killigrew (1612–1683, England)
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William Killigrew (1606–1695, England)
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Thomas Kilroy (born 1934, Ireland)
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Sidney Kingsley (1906–1995, United States)
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Julius Leopold Klein (1810–1875, Hungary/Germany) in German
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Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811, Germany)
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Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752–1831, Germany)
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Václav Kliment Klicpera (1792–1859, Austria-Hungary) in Czech
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Kevin Kling (living, United States)
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Alexander Kluge (born 1932, Germany)
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Frederick Knott (1916–2002, England)
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Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980, Austria-Hungary, England, Switzerland) in German
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Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948–1989, France)
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Harry Kondoleon (1955–1994, United States)
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Bernard Kops (born 1926, England)
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Apollo Korzeniowski (1820–1869, Poland)
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August von Kotzebue (1761–1819, Germany)
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Zygmunt Krasiński (1812–1859, Poland)
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Karl Kraus (1874–1936, Austria)
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Helmut Krausser (born 1964, Germany)
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Franz Xaver Kroetz (born 1946, Germany)
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Nestor Kukolnik (1809–1868, Russia)
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Hanif Kureishi (born 1954, England)
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Tony Kushner (born 1956, United States)
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Kusumagraj (1912–1999, India) in
Marathi
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Thomas Kyd (1558–1594, England)
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Neil LaBute (born 1963, United States)
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Thomas Hailes Lacy (1809–1873, England)
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Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974, Sweden)
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Jun Lana (born 1972, Philippines)
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Robert Eyres Landor (1781–1869, England)
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Mary Lewis Langworthy (1872-1949, United States)
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Jonathan Larson (1960–1996, United States)
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Stig Larsson (born 1955, Sweden)
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Kirke La Shelle (1862–1905, United States)
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Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945, Germany/Palestine/Israel)
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Miklós László (1903–1973, Hungary/United States)
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Francis Lathom (1774–1832, England)
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Walter Learning (1938–2020, Canada)
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Mary Theresa Ledóchowska (1863–1922, Austria)
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Harriet Lee (1757–1851, England)
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Kang Baek Lee (born 1947, South Korea)
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Nathaniel Lee (c. 1653–1692, England)
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Richard Nelson Lee (1806–1872, England)
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Robert E. Lee (1918–1994, United States)
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Sophia Lee (1750–1824, England)
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Mark Lemon (1809–1870, England)
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Wayne Lemon (living, United States)
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Melchior Lengyel (1880–1974, Hungary)
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Sue Lenier (born 1957, England)
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Rebecca Lenkiewicz (born 1968, England)
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Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751–1792, Russia/Livonia) in German
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Conchi León (born 1973, Mexico)
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781, Germany
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Reinhard Lettau (1929–1996, Germany/United States)
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Tracy Letts (born 1965, United States)
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Ira Levin (1929–2007, United States)
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Caleb Lewis (born 1978, Australia)
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David Lewis (1682–1760, England)
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Leopold David Lewis (1828–1890, England)
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Saunders Lewis (1893–1985, Wales)
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Nell Leyshon (living, England)
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George Lillo (1691–1739, England)
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David Lindsay-Abaire (born 1969, United States)
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Romulus Linney (1930–2011, United States)
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Liz Lochhead (born 1947, Scotland)
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Oliver W. F. Lodge (1878–1955, England)
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Thomas Lodge (c. 1558–1625, England)
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Kenneth Lonergan (born 1962, United States)
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George William Lovell (1804–1878, England)
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Stephen Lowe (born 1947, England)
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William Lower (c. 1610–1662, England)
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Mina Loy (1882–1966, France/United States)
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Craig Lucas (born 1951, United States)
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Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987, United States)
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Charles Ludlam (1943–1987, United States)
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Ken Ludwig (living, United States)
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Otto Ludwig (1813–1865, Germany)
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Joseph Lunn (1784–1863, England)
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John Lyly (c. 1553 or 1554–1606, England)
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Ewan MacColl (James Henry Miller, 1915–1989, Scotland)
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Michael MacLennan (born 1968, Canada)
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Joseph Macleod (1903–1984, England)
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Wendy MacLeod (born 1959, United States)
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George Macropedius (1487–1558, Netherlands) in Latin
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Imre Madách (1823–1864, Hungary)
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Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965, Iran/United States)
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Karen Malpede (living, United States)
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David Mamet (born 1947, United States)
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Henning Mankell (1948–2015, Sweden)
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Delarivier Manley (c. 1663/1670–1724, England)
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Klaus Mann (1906–1949, Germany)
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Mona Mansour (living, United States)
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Francis Marbury (1555–1611, England)
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Frank Marcus (1928–1996, England)
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William Marchant (1923–1995, United States)
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Donald Margulies (born 1954, United States)
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Pierre de Marivaux (1688–1763, France)
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Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593, England)
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Derek Marlowe (1938–1996, England)
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Anthony Marriott (1931–2014, England)
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James Henry Marriott (1799–1886, New Zealand)
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Christabel Marshall (1871–1960, England)
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John Marston (1576–1634, England)
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John Westland Marston (1819–1890, England)
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Jane Martin, pseudonym of unknown (United States)
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Steve Martin (born 1945, United States)
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Bruce Mason (1921–1982, New Zealand)
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Paul Nicholas Mason (born 1958, Canada)
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Philip Massinger (1583–1640, England)
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Mustapha Matura (1939–2019, Trinidad)
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Robin Maugham (1916–1981, England)
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W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965, England)
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Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930, Russia/Soviet Union)
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Marius von Mayenburg (born 1972, Germany)
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Henry Mayhew (1812–1887, England)
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Jasper Mayne (1604–1672, England)
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Dick McBride (1928–2012, United States)
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Ellen McLaughlin (born 1957, United States)
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Tarell Alvin McCraney (born 1980, United States)
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Martin McDonagh (born 1970, Ireland)
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Greg McGee (born 1950, New Zealand)
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John McGrath (1935–2002, England)
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Reginald James MacGregor (1887–1961, England)
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Frank McGuinness (born 1953, Ireland)
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Robert McLellan (1907–1985, Scotland)
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Scott McMorrow (living, United States)
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Terrence McNally (1938–2020, United States)
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Scott McPherson (1959–1992, United States)
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Mark Medoff (1940–2019, United States)
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Charles L. Mee (born 1938, United States)
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Karl Meisl (1775–1853, Austria)
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Leonard Melfi (1932–2001, United States)
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Alex Melrose (1865–1944, Australia)
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Menander (342–291 BCE, Ancient Greece)
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David Mercer (1928–1980, England)
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Thomas Meriton (born 1638, England)
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Paul Meritt (1843–1895, England)
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William Mew (1602 – c. 1669, England) in Latin
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Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855, Poland)
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George Middleton (1880–1967, United States)
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Thomas Middleton (1580–1627, England)
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Arthur Miller (1915–2005, United States)
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James Miller (1704–1744, England)
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Willy Millowitsch (1909–1999, Germany)
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Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868, England)
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Jane Milmore (1955–2020, United States)
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A. A. Milne (1882–1956, England)
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Anthony Minghella (1954–2008, England)
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Octave Mirbeau (1848–1917, France)
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Meg Miroshnik (living, United States)
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Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008, England)
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Julian Mitchell (born 1935, England)
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Mary Russell Mitford (Miss Mitford, 1787–1855, England)
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Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973, Sweden)
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Narendra Mohan (1935–2002, India) in Hindi and Punjabi
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Caroline Moir (living, England)
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Molière (1622–1673, France)
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Ferenc Molnár (1878–1952, Hungary/United States)
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Natyaguru
Nurul Momen (1908–1990, Bangladesh)
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William Thomas Moncrieff (1794–1857, England)
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Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944, England)
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Jose Zorrilla y Moral (1817–1893, Spain)
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Charles Langbridge Morgan (1894–1958, England)
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Elaine Morgan (1920–2013, Wales)
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Peter Morgan (born 1963, England)
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Félix Morisseau-Leroy (Moriso Lewa, 1912–1998, Haiti)
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Michael Morpurgo (born 1943, England)
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Melvyn Morrow (born 1942, Australia)
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John Mortimer (1923–2009, England)
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John Maddison Morton (1811–1891, England)
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Thomas Morton (1764–1838, England)
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Tom Morton-Smith (born 1980, England)
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Tad Mosel (1922–2008, United States)
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Itamar Moses (born 1977, United States)
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Peter Anthony Motteux (1663–1718, England)
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Dimitrios Mpogris (1890–1964, Greece)
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Sławomir Mrożek (1930–2013, Poland/France)
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Clara Mulholland (1849–1934, Ireland/England)
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Heiner Müller (1929–1995, Germany)
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Brighde Mullins (living, United States)
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Anthony Munday (c. 1560–1633, England)
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Kaj Munk (1898–1944, Denmark)
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Jimmy Murphy (living, Ireland)
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Tom Murphy (1935–2018, Ireland)
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Tommy Murphy (born 1979, Australia)
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Robert Musil (1880–1942, Austria)
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Thomas Nabbes (1605–1641, England)
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Bill Naughton (1910–1992, England)
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John Neal (1793–1876, United States)
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Richard Nelson (born 1950, United States)
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László Németh (1901–1975, Hungary)
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Johann Nestroy (1801–1862, Austria)
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Anthony Neilson (born 1967, Scotland/England)
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Beverley Nichols (1898–1983, England)
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Peter Nichols (1927–2019, England)
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William Nicholson (born 1948, England)
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János Nyíri (1932–2002, Hungary/France)
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Jeff Noon (born 1957, England)
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Lars Norén (1944–2021, Sweden)
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Marsha Norman (born 1947, United States)
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Bruce Norris (born 1960, United States)
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Richard Norton-Taylor (born 1944, England)
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Lynn Nottage (born 1964, United States)
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Alden Nowlan (1933–1983, Canada)
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János Nyíri (1932–2002, Hungary)
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Dan O'Brien (born 1974, United States)
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Sean O'Brien (born 1952, England)
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Seán O'Casey (1880–1964, Ireland)
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Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953, United States)
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Gerlinde Obermeier (1942–1984, Austria)
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Thomas Odell (1681–1749, England))
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Clifford Odets (1906–1963, United States)
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Bolaji Odofin (living, Nigeria) in English
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Reggie Oliver (born 1952, England)
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Han Ong (born 1968, Philippines/United States) in English
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Onyeka (Onyeka Nubia, living, England)
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Valantina Abu Oqsa (born 1967), Palestine
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Emma Orczy (Baroness Orczy, 1865–1947, England)
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Dael Orlandersmith (living, United States)
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Joe Orton (1933–1967, England)
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John Osborne (1929–1994, England)
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Peter Oswald (born 1965, England)
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Thomas Otway (1652–1685, England)
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Gary Owen (born 1972, Wales) in English
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Rochelle Owens (born 1936, United States)
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William Henry Oxberry (1808–1852, England)
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Helen Oyeyemi (born 1984, England)
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Jean Palaprat (1650–1721, France)
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Morris Panych (born 1952, Canada)
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Ralph Pape (died 2016, United States)
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Suzan-Lori Parks (born 1963, United States)
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Angelo Parra (living, United States)
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Gwenlyn Parry (1932–1991, Wales) in Welsh
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John Patrick (1905–1995, United States)
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Robert Patrick (born 1937, United States)
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Nick Payne (born 1984, England)
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George Peele (1556–1596, England)
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Borislav Pekić (1930–1992, Yugoslavia/England) in Serbian
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Charles Reece Pemberton (1790–1840, Wales/England)
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Joachim Perinet (1763–1816, Austria)
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Matthew Perry (born 1969, United States)
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Tyler Perry (born 1969, United States)
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Stephen Phillips (1864–1915, England)
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Eden Phillpotts (1862–1960, England)
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Arthur Wing Pinero (1855–1934, England)
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Harold Pinter (1930–2008, England)
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Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936, Italy)
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Mary Pix (1666–1709, England)
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James Planché (1796–1880, England)
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Alan Plater (1935–2010, England)
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Plautus (c. 254–184 BCE, Ancient Rome)
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Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934–2007, Germany)
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Isaac Pocock (1782–1835, England)
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Suman Pokhrel (born 1967, Nepal)
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Elizabeth Polack (fl. 1830s, England)
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Ernő Polgár (1954–2018, Hungary)
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Sharon Pollock (1936–2021, Canada)
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Elizabeth Polwheele (c. 1651 – c. 1691, England)
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John Poole (1786–1872, England)
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Cora Scott Pond Pope (1856-?, US)
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Henry Porter (died 1599, England)
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Gordon Porterfield (living, United States)
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Suzanne Portnoy (born 1961, England)
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Dennis Potter (1935–1994, England)
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Reinaldo Povod (1960–1994, United States)
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Samuel Jackson Pratt (1749–1814, England)
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Lucy Prebble (born 1980, England)
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Otto Prechtler (1813–1881, Austria)
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Thomas Preston (1537–1598, England)
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Nancy Price (1880–1970, England)
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J. B. Priestley (1894–1984, England)
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Bryan Procter (Barry Cornwall, 1787–1874, England)
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Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868–1927, Poland)
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Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837, Russia)
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David Rabe (born 1940, United States)
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Jean Racine (1639–1699, France)
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Akbar Radi (1939–2007, Iran)
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Ferdinand Raimund (1790–1836, Austria
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Nina Raine (living, England)
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Mohan Rakesh (1925–1972, India) in Hindi
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Adam Rapp (born 1968, United States)
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Nina Rapi (born 1962, Greece)
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John Rastell (John Rastall, c. 1475–1536, England)
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Lutz Rathenow (born 1952, Germany)
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Terence Rattigan (1911–1977, England)
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Simon Raven (1927–2001, England)
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Edward Ravenscroft (c. 1654–1707, England)
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James Reaney (1926–2008, Canada)
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Keith Reddin (born 1956, United States)
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Frederic Reynolds (1764–1841, England)
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Renée (born 1929, New Zealand)
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Yasmina Reza (born 1959, France)
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William Barnes Rhodes (1772–1826, England)
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Alfred Bate Richards (1820–1876, England)
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Erwin Riess (born 1957, Austria)
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Arnold Ridley (1896–1984, England)
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Philip Ridley (born 1964, England)
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Lawrence Riley (1896–1974, United States)
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Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926, Austro-Hungarian Empire/Switzerland)
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José Rivera (born 1955,
Puerto Rico) in English
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Eigra Lewis Roberts (born 1939, Wales) in Welsh
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Thomas William Robertson (1829–1871, England)
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Lennox Robinson (1886–1958, Ireland)
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Rony Robinson (born 1940, England)
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David Robson (born 1966, United States)
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Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918, England)
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Jack Rosenthal (1931–2004, England)
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Bert V. Royal (born 1977, United States)
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Hossein Rajabian (born 1984, Iran)
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Kenneth G. Ross (born 1941, Australia)
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Edmond Rostand (1868–1918, France)
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Friederike Roth (born 1948, Germany)
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Samuel Rowley (died c. 1633, England)
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William Rowley (c. 1585–1626, England)
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Gillian Rubinstein (Lian Hearn, born 1942, England/Australia)
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David Rudkin (born 1936, England)
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Paul Rudnick (born 1957, United States)
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John Ruganda (1941–2007, Uganda)
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Sarah Ruhl (born 1974, United States)
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Katherine Rundell (born 1967, England)
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Willy Russell (born 1974, England)
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Nelson Rodrigues (1912–1980, Brazil)
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Royce Ryton (1924–2009, England)
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Sa–Se
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Suhayl Saadi (born 1961, England/Scotland)
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Hans Sachs (1494–1576, Germany)
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Nelly Sachs (1891–1970, Sweden)
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Peter Sagal (born 1965, United States)
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Bhisham Sahni (1915–2003, India) in Hindi
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Florencio Sánchez (1875–1910, Uruguay)
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Francesca Sanders (living, United States)
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Balkrishna Sama (1903–1981, Nepal)
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Sally Sara (born 1971, Australia)
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William Saroyan (1908–1981, United States)
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Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980, France)
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Mark Scharf (born 1956, United States)
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Georges Schehadé (1905–1989, Lebanon) in French
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Robert Schenkkan (born 1953, United States)
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Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805, Germany)
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Guillermo Schmidhuber (born 1943, Mexico)
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Arno Schmidt (1914–1979, Germany)
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Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (born 1960, Belgium/France) in French
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Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931, Austria)
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Werner Schwab (1958–1994, Austria)
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György Schwajda (1943–2010, Hungary)
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William Matthew Scott (1893–1964, England)
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Sandra Seaton (living, United States)
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David Sedaris (born 1956, United States)
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Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BCE – CE 65, Ancient Rome) in Latin
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Ferhan Şensoy (1951–2021, Turkey)
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Anthony Shaffer (1926–2001, England)
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Peter Shaffer (1926–2016, England)
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William Shakespeare (1564–1616, England)
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Ntozake Shange (1948–2018, United States)
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John Patrick Shanley (born 1950, United States)
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Partap Sharma (1939–2011, India)
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Harriette Lucy Robinson Shattuck (1850–1937, United States)
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Lionel Shave (1888–1954, Australia)
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George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950, Ireland/England)
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Wallace Shawn (born 1943, United States)
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Rob Shearman (born 1970, England)
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Owen Sheers (born 1974, Wales) in English
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Edward Sheldon (1886–1946, United States)
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Jane Shepard (born 1958, United States)
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Sam Shepard (1943–2017, United States)
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816, Ireland/England)
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Jonathan Marc Sherman (born 1968, United States)
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R. C. Sherriff (1896–1975, England)
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Robert E. Sherwood (1896–1955, United States)
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George Shiels (1881–1949, Ireland)
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Christopher R. Shimmin (1870–1933, Isle of Man)
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Christopher Shinn (born 1975, United States)
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Rick Shiomi (born 1947, Canada)
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Dora Adele Shoemaker (1873-1962, United States)
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Del Shores (born 1957, United States)
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Larry Shue (1946–1985, United States)
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Nicky Silver (living, United States)
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Lazarre Seymour Simckes (born 1937, United States)
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Neil Simon (1927–2018, United States)
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Eric Simonson (born 1960, United States)
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Libby Skala (1967–2019, United States)
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Bernard Slade (1930–2019, Canada)
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Juliusz Słowacki (1809–1849, Poland)
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Roy Smiles (living, England)
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Anna Deavere Smith (born 1950, United States)
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Evan Smith (living, United States)
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Amelia Solar de Claro (1836-1915, Chile)
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Sophocles (c. 497/496–406/405 BCE, Ancient Greece)
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Aaron Sorkin (born 1961, United States)
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Alfred Soultan (born 1946, Hungary/United States)
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Wole Soyinka (born 1934, Nigeria)
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Ron Sparks (born 1977, Canada)
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Biljana Srbljanović (born 1970, Yugoslavia/Serbia)
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Adrian Consett Stephen (1894–1918, Australia)
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Simon Stephens (born 1971, England)
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Shelagh Stephenson (born 1955, England)
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Polly Stenham (born 1986, England)
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Tom Stoppard (born 1937, Czechoslovakia/England)
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David Storey (1933–2017, England)
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August Stramm (1874–1915, Germany)
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Botho Strauß (born 1944, Germany)
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August Strindberg (1849–1912, Sweden)
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Sara Stridsberg (born 1972, Sweden)
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Kelly Stuart (living, United States)
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Preston Sturges (1898–1959, United States)
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Abhi Subedi (born 1945, Nepal)
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Robert B Suda (born 1978, Hungary/England)
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Patrick Süskind (born 1949, Germany)
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András Sütő (1927–2006, Romania) in Hungarian
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Alfred Sutro (1863–1933, England)
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Caridad Svich (born 1963, United States)
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Robin Swados (born 1953, United States)
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Jeffrey Sweet (born 1950, United States)
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John Millington Synge (1871–1909, Ireland)
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Dezső Szomory (Moshe Weisz, 1869–1944, Hungary)
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George Tabori (1914–2007, Hungary/England/United States/Germany) in English and German
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Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941, India) in English
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Habib Tanvir (1923–2009, India) in Urdu
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Jean Tardieu (1903–1995, France)
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Henry Taylor (1800–1886, England)
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Bernard J. Taylor (living, South Africa/United States)
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Samuel Taylor (1912–2000, United States)
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Telecleides (fl. 440s BCE, Ancient Greece)
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Vijay Tendulkar (1928–2008, India) in Marathi
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Terence (c. 195/185 – c. 159 BCE, Ancient Rome)
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Tian Han (1898–1968, China)
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Louie Myfanwy Thomas (1908–1968, Wales) in Welsh
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Ernest Thompson (born 1949, United States)
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Judith Thompson (born 1954, Canada)
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A. A. Thomson (1894–1968, England)
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Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853, Germany)
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Harry Tighe (1887–1946, Australia)
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Dion Titheradge (1889–1934, Australia/England/United States)
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Lily Tobias (1887–1984, Wales) in English
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Stephen Tobolowsky (born 1951, United States)
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Franz Xaver Told (1792–1849), Austria
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Ernst Toller (1893–1939, Germany)
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Francis Tolson (died 1745/1746, England)
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Colorado Tolston, pseudonym of
T. James Belich (born 1976, United States)
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Zlatko Topčić (born 1955, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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Bartolomé de Torres Naharro (c. 1485 – c. 1530, Spain/Italy)
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Miles Tredinnick (born 1955, England)
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Catherine Tregenna (living, Wales/England) in English
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Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935, Germany)
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V
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Alfonso Vallejo (1943–2021, Spain)
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Alexander Vampilov (1937–1972, Soviet Union)
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Jaco Van Dormael (born 1957, Belgium)
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John Vanbrugh (1664–1726, England)
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John William Van Druten (1901–1957, England)
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Jean-Claude van Itallie (1936–2021, Belgium/United States)
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Billy Van Zandt (born 1957, United States)
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Johann von Vásáry (1899–1963, Hungary)
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Lope de Vega (1562–1635, Spain)
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Richard Vennar (1564–1615, England)
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Gil Vicente (c. 1465 – c. 1536, Portugal)
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Gore Vidal (1925–2012, United States)
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András Visky (born 1957, Romania) in Hungarian
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Paula Vogel (born 1951, United States)
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François-Marie Voltaire (1694–1788, France)
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Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679, Netherlands)
W
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Heinrich Leopold Wagner (1747–1779, Germany)
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Stephen Wakelam (living, England)
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Derek Walcott (1930–2017, Saint Lucia)
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Craig Walker (born 1960, Canada)
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George F. Walker (born 1947, Canada)
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Naomi Wallace (born 1960, United States)
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Martin Walser (born 1927, Germany)
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Robert Walser (1878–1956, Switzerland) in German
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Agnes Walsh (born 1950, Canada)
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Saadallah Wannous (1941–1997, Syria)
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Anne Washburn (living, United States)
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Dale Wasserman (1914–2008, United States)
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Wendy Wasserstein (1950–2006, United States)
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Keith Waterhouse (1929–2009, England)
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John Webster (1580 – c. 1634, England)
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Frank Wedekind (1864–1918, Germany)
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Peter Weiss (1916–1982, Germany)
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Louise Welsh (born 1965, England/Scotland)
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Franz Werfel (1890–1945, Austrian Empire/Germany/United States)
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Henri van Wermeskerken (1882-1937, Netherlands)
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Timberlake Wertenbaker (born 1951, United States/England)
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Arnold Wesker (1932–2016, England)
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Patricia Wettig (born 1951, United States)
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Peter Whelan (1931–2014, England)
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John Whiting (1917–1963, England)
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Adolf von Wilbrandt (1837–1911, Germany)
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Oscar Wilde (1850–1900, Ireland/England)
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Thornton Wilder (1897–1975, United States)
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Adolfo Wilhelmy (1887–1958, Mexico)
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Emlyn Williams (1905–1987, Wales) in English
-
Heathcote Williams (1941–2017, England)
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Richard Bryn Williams (1902–1981, Wales) in Welsh
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Roger Williams (born 1974. Wales) in English and Welsh
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Tennessee Williams (1911–1983, United States)
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David Williamson (born 1942, Australia)
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Arthur Wilson (1595–1652, England)
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August Wilson (1945–2005, United States)
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Laurence Wilson (born 1970, England)
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Lanford Wilson (1937–2011, United States)
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Tracey Scott Wilson (born 1966, United States)
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Leah Nanako Winkler (born 1985, Japan/United States)
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Nicholas Wright (born 1940, United Kingdom)
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Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz {
Witkacy} (1885–1939, Poland)
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Karol Wojtyła {
Pope John Paul II} (1920–2005, Poland)
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Charles Wood (1932–2020, Guernsey/England)
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Linda Woolverton (born 1952, United States)
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William Wycherley (c. 1641–1716, England)
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Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907, Poland)
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Laurence Mark Wythe (born 1974, England)
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See also