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

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Rodney Ackland
• Karim Alrawi
• Jeffrey Archer
• John Arden
• Alan Ayckbourn

B

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

C

• Jim Cartwright
• Jimmie Chinn
• Caryl Churchill
• Ray Cooney
• Noel Coward

D

• Sarah Daniels
• Shelagh Delaney
• Nell Dunn

E

• David Edgar
• Ben Elton
• Kevin Elyot

F

• Tim Firth
• Michael Frayn
• Terence Frisby
• Christopher Fry

G

• Pam Gems
• John Godber
• Simon Gray
• Trevor Griffiths
• Jim Grover

H

• Christopher Hampton
• David Hare
• Ronald Harwood
• William Douglas Home
• Dusty Hughes

I

• Tunde Ikoli

J

• Stephen Jeffreys
• Ann Jellicoe
• Terry Johnson

K

• Sarah Kane
• Barrie Keefe
• Tom Kempinski
• Hanif Kureishi

L

• Bryony Lavery
• Mike Leigh
• Stephen Lowe
• Doug Lucie
• Claire Luckham

M

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

N

• Bill Naughton
• Peter Nichols
• William Nicholson

O

• Joe Orton
• John Osborne

P

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

Q

R

• Terence Rattigan
• Willy Russell

S

• James Saunders
• Anthony Shaffer
• Peter Shaffer
• Tom Stoppard
• David Storey

T

• C.P. Taylor
• Peter Terson
• Ben Travers

U

• Peter Ustinov

V

W

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

X

Y

Z

See also

• Lists of authors
• List of playwrights
• List of British playwrights
• Theatre
• Drama
• Stage play
• Kitchen sink drama
• In-yer-face theatre