Category: English Playwrights

B

• Francis Beaumont 1584 - 6 Mar 1616
• Arthur Berry 1920s - 1990s
• Frances Burney 13 Jun 1752 Lynn Regis, Norfolk, England - 6 Jan 1840

C

• William Cavendish KG KB PC 6 Dec 1592 Handsworth Manor, Yorkshire, England - 25 Dec 1676
• Gilbert Keith Chesterton 29 May 1874 Kensington, London, England - 14 Jun 1936
• William Congreve 24 Jan 1670 Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England - 19 Jan 1729
• Noël Peirce Coward 16 Dec 1899 Teddington, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom - 26 Mar 1973

D

• John Dryden 9 Aug 1631 Aldwincle, Thrapston, Northamptonshire, England - 1 May 1700

E

• English Authors

F

• Joseph Jefferson Farjeon 4 Jun 1883 London, England - 6 Jun 1955
• George Ferrers abt 1510 St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England - 1579
• Henry Fielding 22 Apr 1707 Sharpham, Somerset, England - 8 Oct 1754
• Eliza (Fowler) Haywood abt 1693 London, England - 25 Feb 1756

G

• Mary (Griffith) Pix 1666 Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England - 17 May 1709

H

• John Heywood abt 1497 Coventry, Warwickshire, England - aft 1578
• Thomas Heywood abt 1570 Lincolnshire, England
• Aldous Leonard Huxley 26 Jul 1894 Godalming, Surrey, England - 22 Nov 1963

L

• Lionel Frederick (Leonard) Lonsdale 1881 Saint Helier, Jersey

M

• Robert Merry 1755 London, England - 24 Jan 1798

M cont.

• Agatha Mary Clarissa (Miller) Christie 15 Sep 1890 Torquay, Devon, England - 12 Jan 1976

P

• Abraham Portal abt 10 May 1726 Clowne, Derbyshire, England - 1809

R

• Nicholas Rowe 20 Jun 1674 Little Barford, Bedfordshire, England - 6 Dec 1718

S

• Anthony Joshua Shaffer 15 May 1926 Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 6 Nov 2001
• William Shakespeare abt 23 Apr 1564 Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England - 23 Apr 1616
• Algernon Charles Swinburne 5 Apr 1837 London, England, United Kingdom - 10 Apr 1909

U

• Aphra (Unknown) Behn abt 14 Dec 1640 - 16 Apr 1689

W

• John Webster abt 1580 England - 1634