List of English-language playwrights

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

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A

1. Mercedes de Acosta (1892-1968), United States
2. Arthur Henry Adams (1872-1936), New Zealand/Australia
3. Zoë Akins (1886-1958), United States

B

1. Joanna Baillie (1762-1851), Scotland
2. John Banks (?1650-1706), England
3. Todd Bash (born 1965), United States
4. Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839), England
5. Francis Beaumont (1584-1616), England
6. Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), Ireland
7. Aphra Behn (1640-1689), England
8. Henry Beissel (born 1929), Canada
9. George Henry Boker (1823-1890), United States
10. Dermot Bolger (born 1959), Ireland
11. Gordon Bottomley (1874-1948), England
12. Roger Boyle (1621-1679), Ireland
13. Richard Brome (?1590-1652), England
14. Henry Brooke (?1703-1783), Ireland
15. Robert Barnabas Brough (1828-1820), England
16. George Mackay Brown (1921-1996), Scotland
17. Alfred Bunn (1796-1860), England
18. John Burgoyne (1722-1792), England

C

1. Henry Carey (1689-1743), England
2. William Cartwright (1611-1643), England
3. Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673), England
4. George Chapman (?1559-1634), England
5. Susanna Centlivre (?1669-1723), England
6. Henry Chettle (?1564-1607?), England
7. Colley Cibber (1671-1757), England
8. George Elliott Clarke (born 1960), Canada
9. Aston Cokayne (1608-1684), England
10. Laurence Collinson (1925-1986), Australia
11. George Colman (1732-1794), England
12. George Colman (1762-1836), England
13. William Congreve (1670-1729), England
14. Thomas Cooke (1703-1756), England
15. Hannah Cowley (1743-1809), England
16. Louis O. Coxe (1918-1993), United States
17. J.C. Cross (?1770-1809), England
18. John Crowne (1641-1712?), England
19. Richard Cumberland (1732-1811), England

D

John Drinkwater

1. Sir William Davenant (1606-1668), England
2. John Day, (1574-1640?), England
3. Robert Davenport (1623-1639 fl.), England
4. John Day (1574-1640?), England
5. Thomas Dekker (?1572-1632), England
6. John Delap (1725-1812), England
7. Floyd Dell (1887-1969), United States
8. Henry Dell (?1730-1766 fl.), England
9. John Dennis (1657-1734), England
10. Charles Dibdin (1745-1814), Englad
11. Charles Dibdin (1768-1833), England
12. Thomas Doubleday (1790-1870), England
13. Michael Drayton (1563-1631), England
14. John Drinkwater (1882-1937), England
15. John Dryden (1631-1700), England
16. Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany (1878-1957), Ireland
17. Thomas D'Urfey (1653-1723), England

E

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

F

John Fletcher

1. Michael Field (19th century), England
2. Nathan Field (1587-1620), England
3. Henry Fielding (1707-1754), England
4. John Fletcher (1579-1625), England
5. Samuel Foote (1720-1777), England
6. John Ford (1586-1637?), England
7. Patrick Friesen (born 1946), Canada
8. Christopher Fry (1907-2005), England

G

1. David Garrick (1717-1779), England
2. John Gay (1685-1732), England
3. W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911), England
4. Henry Glapthorne (1610-1643?), England
5. Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774), Ireland
6. Robert Greene (1558-1592), England
7. Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852-1932), Ireland
8. Fulke Greville (1554-1628), England

H

Charles Heavysege

1. Charles Heavysege (1816-1876), Canada
2. James Leo Herlihy (1927-1993), United States
3. John Heywood (?1497-1580?), England
4. Thomas Heywood (?1570-1650), England
5. Aaron Hill (1685-1750), England
6. Benjamin Hoadly (1706-1757), England
7. John Hoadly (1711-1776), England
8. John Hoole (1727-1803), England
9. Charles Hopkins (?1664-1700?) , England
10. Edward Howard (1624 - 1712), England
11. Sir Robert Howard (1626-1698), England
12. John Hughes (1677-1720), England
13. Langston Hughes (1902-1967), United States

I

1. Elizabeth Inchbald (1752-1821), England

J

Ben Jonson

1. Harriett Jay (1863-1932), England
2. Edward Jerningham (1727-1812), England
3. Ben Jonson (1572-1637), England
4. Thomas Jordan (?1612-1685), England

K

1. Kenneth Koch (1925-2002), United States
2. Alfred Kreymborg (1883-1966), United States
3. Thomas Kyd (1558-1594), England

L

1. Gary Langford (born 1947), New Zealand
2. George Granville, Lord Lansdowne (1666-1735), England
3. D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930), England
4. Nathaniel Lee (?1653-1692), England
5. Sophia Lee (1750-1824), England
6. Liz Lochhead (born 1947), Scotland
7. Thomas Lodge (?1558-1625), England
8. John Lyly (1554-1606), England

M

Christopher Marlowe

Mary Russell Mitford

1. Isabel Ecclestone Mackay (1875-1928), Canada
2. Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), United States
3. David Mallet (?1705-1765), Scotland
4. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), England
5. Shackerley Marmion (1603-1639), England
6. John Marston (1576-1634), England
7. John Westland Marston (1819-1890), England
8. Edward Martyn (1859-1923), Ireland
9. Philip Massinger (1583-1640), England
10. Glyn Maxwell (born 1962), England
11. Thomas May (1595-1650), England
12. Paula Meehan (born 1955), Ireland
13. Moses Mendez (died 1758), England
14. Thomas Middleton(1580-1627), England
15. A.A. Milne (1882-1956), England
16. Mary Russell Mitford (1781-1855), England
17. William Vaughn Moody (1869-1910), United States
18. Edward Moore (1712-1757), England
19. T. Sturge Moore (1870-1944), England
20. Hannah More (1745-1833), England
21. Kim Morrissey (born 1955), Canada
22. Daniel David Moses (born 1952), Canada
23. Anna Cora Mowatt (1819-1870), United States
24. Anthony Munday (1560-1633), England
25. Arthur Murphy (1727-1805), Ireland / England

N

Eugene O'Neill

1. Thomas Nabbes (1605-1641), England
2. Marjory Nicholls (1890-1930), New Zealand

O

1. John O'Keeffe (1747-1833), Ireland
2. Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), United States
3. Femi Osofisan (born 1946), Nigeria
4. Thomas Otway (1652-1685), England

P

Harold Pinter

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
8. Mary Pix (1666-1709), England

R

James Reaney

1. Thomas Randolph (1605-1635), England
2. Thomas Rawlins (?1620-1670), England
3. James Reaney (1926-2008), Canada
4. Cale Young Rice (1872-1943), United States
5. Nathaniel Richards (1630-1654 fl.), England
6. Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718), England
7. William Rowley (?1585-1626), England
8. George Ryga (1932-1987), Canada

S

William Shakespeare

1. Thomas Sackville (1536-1608), England
2. Epes Sargent (1813-1880). United States
3. Pat Schneider (born 1934), United States
4. Elkanah Settle (1648-1724), England
5. Thomas Shadwell (?1642-1692), England
6. William Shakespeare (1564-1616), England
7. Ntozake Shange (born 1948), United States
8. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Ireland
9. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), England
10. James Shirley (1596-1666), England
11. John Smith (1662-1717), England
12. Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729), England
13. William Stevenson (1530-1575), England
14. J.M. Synge (1871-1909), Ireland

T

E. Donald Two-Rivers

1. Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854), England
2. Nahum Tate (1652-1715), England
3. Sir Henry Taylor (1800-1886), England
4. Steve Tesich (1942-1996), United States
5. Lewis Theobald (1688-1744), England
6. James Thomson (1700-1748), Scotland
7. Richard Tickell (1751-1793), England
8. John Todhunter (1839-1916), Ireland
9. Cyril Tourneur (1575-1626), England
10. Jewell Bothwell Tull (1889-1963), United States
11. E. Donald Two-Rivers (1945-2008), United States

U

1. Nicholas Udall (1594-1556), England

W

Tennessee Williams

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. Charles Jeremiah Wells (1799-1879), England
7. George Whetstone (?1544-1587?), England
8. William Whitehead (1715-1785), England
9. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Ireland / England
10. Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), United States
11. William Wycherley (?1640-1716), England

Y

1. J. Michael Yates (1938-2019), Canada
2. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Ireland