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A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. Ben Jonson coined the term "playwright" and is the first person in English literature to refer to playwrights as separate from poets.
Thomas Baker (dramatist) Lady Kinvara Balfour; Chris Ballance; John Bancroft (dramatist) John Banks (playwright) Maurice Baring; Kieron Barry; Mike Bartlett (playwright) Sulayman Al-Bassam; Adrian Batten; Beaumont and Fletcher; Beaumont and Fletcher folios; Charles Beckingham; Daubridgecourt Belchier; Thomas Bellamy (writer) Fettiplace Bellers ...
Depending on culture, the differences between the meaning of "Dramatist" and the meaning of "Playwright" are perceived otherwise. In light of this, please do not use the "Playwrights" and "Dramatists" subcategories of this category anymore, but move articles from either "Dramatists" or "Playwrights" to this category instead.
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[1] It is customary to give a cast list, which also has next to each character in a second column the name of the actor or actress playing the part; an alternative version lists the names of the actors who played the parts originally. In order not to give away vital parts of the plot some names may be altered, for example, mixed up with another ...
A. Gilbert Arthur à Beckett; Daniel Abineri; Paul Ableman; Rodney Ackland; Guy Adams; Samuel Adamson; Joseph Addison; Rhys Adrian; Oladipo Agboluaje; William ...
This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. 16th-century English dramatists and playwrights (2 C, 46 P) 17th-century English dramatists and playwrights (1 C, 89 P)
A. Leroy F. Aarons; Jacob Ralph Abarbanell; Reza Abdoh; Lionel Abel; Rosalie Abrams; Rob Ackerman (playwright) Frank R. Adams; J. T. Adams; Lee Adams; Liz Duffy Adams