List of English-language playwrights

This is a list of English-language playwrights who have articles on Penny's Poetry Pages.

B

 * 1) Joanna Baillie (1762-1851), Scotland
 * 2) Francis Beaumont (1584-1616), England
 * 3) Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), Ireland
 * 4) Aphra Behn (1640-1689), England
 * 5) Henry Beissel (born 1929), Canada
 * 6) George Henry Boker (1823-1890), United States
 * 7) Gordon Bottomley (1874-1948), England
 * 8) George Mackay Brown (1921-1996), Scotland

C

 * 1) Henry Carey (1689-1743), England
 * 2) William Cartwright (1611-1643), England
 * 3) Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673), England
 * 4) Henry Chettle (?1564-1607?), England
 * 5) Colley Cibber (1671–1757), England
 * 6) William Congreve (1670-1729), England
 * 7) Louis O. Coxe (1918-1993), United States

D

 * 1) Sir William Davenant (1606-1668), England
 * 2) Thomas Dekker (?1572-1632), England
 * 3) John Drinkwater (1882-1937), England
 * 4) John Dryden (1631-1700), England

E

 * 1) Sir George Etherege (?1635-1692), England

F

 * 1) Michael Field, England
 * 2) Nathan Field (1587-1620), England
 * 3) John Fletcher (1579-1625), England
 * 4) John Ford (1586-1637?), England

G

 * 1) Robert Greene (1558-1592), England

H

 * 1) Charles Heavysege (1816-1876), Canada
 * 2) Thomas Heywood (?1570-1650), England

J

 * 1) Harriett Jay (1863-1932), England
 * 2) Ben Jonson (1572-1637), England

K

 * 1) Kenneth Koch (1925-2002), United States
 * 2) Thomas Kyd (1558-1594), England

L

 * 1) Gary Langford (born 1947), New Zealand
 * 2) John Lyly (1554-1606), England

M

 * 1) Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), United States
 * 2) David Mallet (?1705-1765), Scotland
 * 3) Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), England
 * 4) John Marston (1576-1634), England
 * 5) Edward Martyn (1859-1923), Ireland
 * 6) Philip Massinger (1583-1640), England
 * 7) Thomas Middleton(1580-1627), England
 * 8) William Vaughn Moody (1869-1910), United States
 * 9) Kim Morrissey (born 1955), Canada
 * 10) Daniel David Moses (born 1952), Canada
 * 11) Anna Cora Mowatt (1819-1870), United States
 * 12) Anthony Munday (1560-1633), England

N

 * 1) Marjory Nicholls (1890-1930), New Zealand

O

 * 1) Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), United States
 * 2) Thomas Otway (1652-1685), England

P

 * 1) John Howard Payne (1791-1852), United States
 * 2) Josephine Preston Peabody (1874-1922), United States
 * 3) George Peele (1556-1596), England
 * 4) Rob Penny (1941-2003), United States
 * 5) Stephen Phillips (1864-1915), England
 * 6) Harold Pinter (1930-2008), England
 * 7) Al Pittman (1940-2001), Canada

R

 * 1) James Reaney (1926-2008), Canada
 * 2) Thomas Randolph (1605-1635), England
 * 3) Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718), England
 * 4) William Rowley (?1585-1626), England
 * 5) George Ryga (1932-1987), Canada

S

 * 1) Epes Sargent (1813-1880). United States
 * 2) William Shakespeare (1564-1616), England
 * 3) Ntozake Shange (born 1948), United States
 * 4) George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Ireland
 * 5) Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), England
 * 6) James Shirley (1596-1666), England
 * 7) John Smith (1662-1717), England
 * 8) William Stevenson (1530-1575), England
 * 9) J.M. Synge (1871-1909), Ireland

T

 * 1) Nahum Tate (1652-1715), England
 * 2) John Todhunter (1839-1916), Ireland
 * 3) Cyril Tourneur (1575-1626), England
 * 4) E. Donald Two-Rivers (1945-2008), United States

U

 * 1) Nicholas Udall (1594-1556), England

W

 * 1) Thomas Wade (1805-1875), England
 * 2) Derek Walcott (born 1930), Saint Lucia
 * 3) Tom Walmsley (born 1948), Canada
 * 4) Wilfred Watson (1911-1998), Canada
 * 5) John Webster (?1580-1634?). England
 * 6) Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Ireland / England
 * 7) Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), United States