This is a list of notable dramatists:
See also Literature and Drama.
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 Arthur Adamov Herbert Achternbusch Aeschylus Ilse Aichinger Edward Albee Jean Anouilh Ludwig Anzengruber Aristophanes Fernando Arrabal Antonin Artaud Lilly Axster Alan Ayckbourn B Ingeborg Bachmann Ernst Barlach Peter Barnes Philip Barry Gabriel Barylli Wolfgang Bauer Pierre Beaumarchais Francis Beaumont Ulrich Becher Jürgen Becker Jurek Becker Samuel Beckett Max Beckmann Gottfried Benn Thomas Bernhard Augusto Boal Robert Bolt Wolfgang Borchert Thomas Brasch Volker Braun Bertolt Brecht Hermann Broch Ferdinand Bruckner Christine Brückner Alfred Brust Georg Büchner Oliver Bukowski C Daniel Call Elias Canetti Veza Canetti Ion Luca Caragiale George Chapman Klaus Chatten Anton Chekhov Jean Cocteau Pierre Corneille Noel Coward D Thomas Dekker Ariel Dorfman Tankred Dorst Alexandre Dumas fils Nell Dunn Christopher Durang Friedrich Dürrenmatt E Günter Eich Gundi Ellert Hans Magnus Enzensberger Euripides F Michael Fackelmann Rainer Werner Fassbinder Jules Feiffer Gustave Flaubert Ludwig Fels Marieluise Fleisser John Fletcher Dario Fo Horton Foote Michael Frayn (Noises Off,Copenhagen) Gustav Freytag Erich Fried Max Frisch Franz Fuehmann G Christoph Gahl John Galsworthy Jean Genet Katharina Gericke David Gieselmann William S. Gilbert Jean Giraudoux John Godber Kermi Goell Reinhard Goering Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Carlo Goldoni Ivan Goll Christian Dietrich Grabbe Harley Granville Barker Jörg Graser Günter Grass Simon Gray John Guare Franz Grillparzer Andreas Gryphius A.R. Gurney Karl Ferdinand Gutzkow H Peter Hacks Max Halbe Peter Handke Ernst Hardt David Hare Walter Hasenclever Carl Hauptmann Gerhart Hauptmann Horst Hawemann Friedrich Hebbel Christoph Hein Lillian Hellman Heinrich Henkel Günter Herburger Rudolf Herfurtner Wolfgang Hildesheimer Rolf Hochhuth Fritz Hochwaelder Hugo von Hofmannsthal Ludvig Holberg Ödön von Horváth Hroswitha of Gandersheim Dusty Hughes I Henrik Ibsen William Inge Eugène Ionesco J Günter Jankowiak Alfred Jarry Elfriede Jelinek Thomas Jonigk Ben Jonson K Franz Kafka Georg Kaiser Sarah Kane Manfred Karge Bernhard Kellermann Heinar Kipphardt Harald Kislinger Heinrich von Kleist Friedrich Maximilian Klinger Alexander Kluge Gerd Knappe Werner R. Koefler Karl König Oskar Kokoschka August von Kotzebue Karl Kraus Helmut Krausser Margret Kreidl Franz Xaver Kroetz Fitzgerald Kusz Thomas Kyd L Neil LaBute (Bash, The Shape of Things) Anna Langhoff Else Lasker-Schüler Carl Laszlo Rolf Lauckner Johann Anton Leisewitz Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Reinhard Lettau Nell Leyshon Daniel C. Lohenstein Dea Loher Federico Garcia Lorca Charles Ludlam Otto Ludwig M David Mamet Klaus Mann Andreas Marber Pierre de Marivaux Christopher Marlowe Christian Martin William Somerset Maugham Marius von Mayenburg Terrence McNally Menander Thomas Middleton Arthur Miller Felix Mitterer Molière Jose Zorrilla y Moral John Mortimer Karl O. Mühl Elfriede Müller Harald Müller Heiner Müller Kaj Munk Robert Musil N Eugene O'Neill Johann Nestroy Marsha Norman ('Night, Mother) O Gerlinde Obermeier Clifford Odets Joe Orton John Osborne Albert Ostermaier P Angelo Parra Helmut Peschina Carlo Pietzner Arthur Wing Pinero Winsome Pinnock Harold Pinter Luigi Pirandello Plautus Ulrich Plenzdorf Klaus Pohl Alf Poss Peter Preses Q (none listed) R Jean Racine Ferdinand Raimund Lutz Rathenow Terence Rattigan Paul Rebhun Gerlind Reinshagen Erich M. Remarque Erwin Riess Rainer Maria Rilke Moritz Rinke Michaela Ronzoni Friederike Roth Eugen Ruge Willy Russell (Educating Rita) S Hans Sachs Nelly Sachs William Saroyan Jean-Paul Sartre Peter Sattmann Friedrich Schiller Roland Schimmelpfennig Einar Schleef Johannes E. Schlegel Horst Schloetelburg Arno Schmidt Simone Schneider Arthur Schnitzler Manuel Schöbel Karl Schoenherr Lothar Schreyer Stefan Schütz Werner Schwab Brigitte Schwaiger Georg Seidel Anthony Shaffer Peter Shaffer William Shakespeare George Bernard Shaw Sam Shepard Robert E. Sherwood Neil Simon Geoffrey Skelton Anna Deavere Smith Sophocles Reinhard Sorge Kerstin Specht Martin Sperr Ginka Steinwachs Carl Sternheim Tom Stoppard August Stramm Botho Strauß Marlene Streeruwitz August Strindberg Thomas Strittmatter Preston Sturges Patrick Süskind, (1949- ) Erwin Sylvanus Gerarld Szyszkowitz T George Tabori Jean Tardieu Terence Ludwig Tieck Ernst Toller Kurt Tucholsky Peter Turrini U Nicholas Udall Rodolfo Usigli V John Vanbrugh W Friedrich K. Waechter Heinrich Leopold Wagner Martin Walser Robert Walser Theresia Walser Wendy Wasserstein Frank Wedekind Peter Weiss Theodor Weissenborn Franz Werfel Urs Widmer Hubert Wiedfeld Adolf von Wilbrandt Oscar Wilde Thornton Wilder Tennessee Williams August Wilson Lanford Wilson William Wycherly X (none listed) Y (none listed) Z Ingeborg von Zadow Matthias Zschokke Carl Zuckmayer Stefan Zweig See also Lists of authors List of British playwrights since 1950 List of Canadian playwrights