title: List of British playwrights since 1950
text: # List of British playwrights since 1950
  
  This is a list of British dramatists who wrote their plays in the 1950s or later.
  
  ## A–G
  
  * Michael Abbensetts
  * Rodney Ackland
  * Jim Allen
  * Karim Alrawi
  * Jeffrey Archer
  * John Arden
  * Alan Ayckbourn
  * Enid Bagnold
  * John Roman Baker
  * Howard Barker
  * Peter Barnes
  * Mike Bartlett
  * Richard Bean
  * Alistair Beaton
  * Alan Bennett
  * Steven Berkoff
  * Tess Berry-Hart
  * Torben Betts
  * Alice Birch
  * Alan Bleasdale
  * Robert Bolt
  * Edward Bond
  * Leslie Bonnet
  * John Griffith Bowen
  * Howard Brenton
  * Jon Brittain
  * Moira Buffini
  * Gregory Burke
  * Margaret Busby
  * Leo Butler
  * Jez Butterworth
  * Glyn Cannon
  * Jim Cartwright
  * James Martin Charlton
  * Jimmy Chinn
  * Caryl Churchill
  * Ray Cooney
  * Noël Coward
  * Martin Crimp
  * Patricia Cumper
  * Sarah Daniels
  * April De Angelis
  * Shelagh Delaney
  * William Douglas-Home
  * Stuart Draper
  * Nell Dunn
  * David Edgar
  * David Eldridge
  * Inua Ellams
  * Ben Elton
  * Kevin Elyot
  * Tim Firth
  * Michael Frayn
  * Terence Frisby
  * Christopher Fry
  * Pam Gems
  * Juliet Gilkes Romero
  * John Godber
  * Simon Gray
  * Debbie tucker green
  * Bonnie Greer
  * David Greig
  * Trevor Griffiths
  * Nick Grosso
  
  ## H–M
  
  * Christopher Hampton
  * David Hare
  * Zinnie Harris
  * Tony Harrison
  * Ronald Harwood
  * Sam Holcroft
  * Dusty Hughes
  * Stephen Jeffreys
  * Ann Jellicoe
  * Hywel John
  * Catherine Johnson
  * Terry Johnson
  * Sarah Kane
  * Barrie Keeffe
  * Dennis Kelly
  * Tom Kempinski
  * Hanif Kureishi
  * Bryony Lavery
  * Mike Leigh
  * Sue Lenier
  * Stephen Lowe
  * Clare Lizzimore
  * Sharman Macdonald
  * John McGrath
  * Tom McGrath
  * Jenny McLeod
  * Patrick Marber
  * Tony Marchant
  * Frank Marcus
  * Derek Marlowe
  * Mustapha Matura
  * David Mercer
  * Anthony Minghella
  * Adrian Mitchell
  * Colin Morris
  * John Mortimer
  * Tom Morton-Smith
  * Peter Morgan
  * Chloe Moss
  
  ## N–Z
  
  * Bill Naughton
  * Anthony Neilson
  * Peter Nichols
  * William Nicholson
  * Joe Orton
  * John Osborne
  * Gary Owen
  * Paul O'Grady
  * Louise Page
  * Michael Pertwee
  * Caryl Phillips
  * Winsome Pinnock
  * Harold Pinter
  * Alan Plater
  * Stephen Poliakoff
  * Dennis Potter
  * David Pownall
  * J.B. Priestley
  * Peter Quilter
  * Terence Rattigan
  * Mark Ravenhill
  * Dan Rebellato
  * Lynn Redgrave
  * Michael Redgrave
  * Philip Ridley
  * David Rudkin
  * Willy Russell
  * James Saunders
  * Anthony Shaffer
  * Peter Shaffer
  * Ade Solanke
  * Colin Spencer
  * Simon Stephens
  * Tom Stoppard
  * David Storey
  * C. P. Taylor
  * Peter Terson
  * Ben Travers
  * Miles Tredinnick
  * Peter Ustinov
  * Laura Wade
  * Michael Wall
  * Timberlake Wertenbaker
  * Arnold Wesker
  * Peter Whelan
  * Hugh Whitemore
  * Nigel Williams
  * Roy Williams
  * Snoo Wilson
  * Charles Wood
  * Nicholas Wright
  * Benjamin Yeoh
  