| Author | Birth - Death |
|---|---|
| Aphra Behn | 1640 - 1689 |
| Alan Bennett | 1934 - |
| Henry James Byron | 1835 - 1884 |
| William Cartwright | 1611 - 1643 |
| John Ciardi | 1916 - 1986 |
| George Colman | |
| Hannah Cowley | 1743 - 1809 |
| Thomas Dekker | 1572 - 1632 |
| George Etherege | 1635 - 1692 |
| John Fletcher | 1579 - 1625 |
| Samuel Foote | 1720 - 1777 |
| John Ford | 1586 - 1640 |
| W. S. Gilbert | 1836 - 1911 |
| Terry Hands | 1941 - |
| John Heywood | 1497 - 1580 |
| Thomas Holcroft | 1745 - 1809 |
| Douglas William Jerrold | 1803 - 1857 |
| Henry Arthur Jones | 1851 - 1929 |
| Barrie Keeffe | 1945 - |
| Thomas Kyd | 1558 - 1594 |
| Nathaniel Lee | 1653 - 1692 |
| Thomas Lodge | 1558 - 1625 |
| Christopher Marlowe | 1564 - 1593 |
| Edward Moore | 1712 - 1757 |
| Thomas Otway | 1652 - 1685 |
| Harold Pinter | 1930 - |
| Henry Porter | |
| William Rowley | 1585 - 1626 |
| Charles Sedley | 1639 - 1701 |
| Thomas Shadwell | 1642 - 1692 |
| William Shakespeare | 1564 - 1616 |
| James Shirley | 1596 - 1666 |
| Dodie Smith | 1896 - 1990 |
| Tom Stoppard | 1937 - |
| Henry Taylor | 1800 - 1886 |
| Cyril Tourneur | 1575 - 1626 |
| William Wycherley | 1640 - 1716 |
