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18th-century British playwrights. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2024) 19th-century British playwrights. This list ...
Aphra Behn, Restoration playwright, by Peter Lely. This table lists women playwrights who were active in England and Wales, and the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, before the Victorian era, with a brief indication of productivity or other significant information.
See also: List of playwrights; List of early-modern British women playwrights; Lists of writers This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Pages in category "English dramatists and playwrights" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 545 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of notable playwrights. See also Literature; Drama; List of playwrights by nationality and date of birth ; Lists of authors . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Oscar Wilde was one of the most prominent playwrights of the Victorian era. "Wilde’s easy wit insured an immediate success for the brilliant series of dramas that he wrote in the early nineties. In early 1892 Lady Windermere's Fan appeared at the St James' Theatre and was at once popular. The same year, Wilde also wrote Salome.
Pages in category "18th-century British dramatists and playwrights" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
Other Important playwrights whose careers began later in the century are: Caryl Churchill (Top Girls, 1982) and Alan Ayckbourn (Absurd Person Singular, 1972). An important new element in the world of British drama, from the beginnings of radio in the 1920s, was the commissioning of plays, or the adaption of existing plays, by BBC radio.