List of playwrights

Famous playwrights are those that are translated into several languages and / or performed in several generations whose pieces.

Arthur Adamov Ilse Aichinger Edward Albee Ludwig Anzengruber John Arden Aristophanes Fernando Arrabal Antonin Artaud David Auburn Alan Ayckbourn Ingeborg Bachmann Howard Barker Ernst Barlach Peter Barnes (playwright) J. M. Barrie Philip Barry Gabriel Barylli Wolfgang Bauer (writer) Francis Beaumont Ulrich Becher Jurek Becker Max Beckmann Brendan Behan Olexander Beyderman David Belasco Gottfried Benn Ugo Betti Jacob Bidermann August Blanche Augusto Boal Eric Bogosian Robert Bolt Guy Bolton Wolfgang Borchert Thomas Brasch Volker Braun Hermann Broch Ferdinand Bruckner Abe Burrows Caecilius Statius Elias Canetti Cao Yu Ion Luca Caragiale George Chapman Chikamatsu Monzaemon Agatha Christie Caryl Churchill Jean Cocteau Pierre Corneille Thomas Corneille Nilo Cruz Thomas Dekker (writer) Ariel Dorfman Tankred Dorst Christopher Durang David Edgar (playwright) Gundi Ellert Euripides Diego Fabbri Charles Simon Favart Jules Feiffer Gustave Flaubert John Fletcher (playwright) Dario Fo Horton Foote Jon Fosse David French (playwright) Gustav Freytag Erich Fried Brian Friel Max Frisch Athol Fugard John Galsworthy Jean Genet John Godber Carlo Goldoni Christian Dietrich Grabbe Simon Gray Trevor Griffiths Sacha Guitry Max Halbe Peter Handke Ernst Hardt David Hare (playwright) Walter Hasenclever Gerhart Hauptmann David Elias Heidenreich Christoph Hein Lillian Hellman Wolfgang Hildesheimer Rolf Hochhuth Sidney Howard David Henry Hwang Henrik Ibsen William Inge Alfred Jarry Elfriede Jelinek Denis Johnston Georg Kaiser Sarah Kane John B. Keane Bernhard Kellermann Joseph Kesselring Thomas Kilroy Friedrich Maximilian Klinger Alexander Kluge Oskar Kokoschka Karl Kraus (writer) Helmut Krausser Tony Kushner Thomas Kyd Johann Anton Leisewitz Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Dea Loher Craig Lucas Charles Ludlam Otto Ludwig (writer) David Mamet Klaus Mann Andreas Marber Christopher Marlowe Marius von Mayenburg Martin McDonagh Terrence McNally Charles L. Mee Menander Thomas Middleton Arthur Miller Robert Musil Marsha Norman Clifford Odets Joe Orton John Osborne Alexander Ostrovsky Suzan-Lori Parks Angelo Parra Arthur Wing Pinero Harold Pinter Luigi Pirandello Plautus J. B. Priestley Publilius Syrus Jean Racine Ferdinand Raimund Erwin Riess Rainer Maria Rilke Ludwig Robert Jack Rosenthal Friederike Roth Nelly Sachs Victorien Sardou Friedrich Schiller Roland Schimmelpfennig Einar Schleef Arthur Schnitzler Lothar Schreyer Werner Schwab Brigitte Schwaiger Robert Schenkkan Anthony Shaffer (writer) Peter Shaffer John Patrick Shanley Sam Shepard Richard Brinsley Sheridan Robert E. Sherwood Larry Shue Neil Simon Sophocles Martin Sperr Carl Sternheim Nis-Momme Stockmann David Storey August Stramm August Strindberg George Tabori Jean Tardieu Henry Taylor (dramatist) Terentia (gens) Tian Han Ernst Toller Peter Turrini Nicholas Udall John Vanbrugh Paula Vogel Heinrich Leopold Wagner Robert Walser (writer) Wendy Wasserstein John Webster Nik Welter Franz Werfel Arnold Wesker John Whiting Urs Widmer Adolf Wilbrandt Thornton Wilder Tennessee Williams August Wilson Elizabeth Wong (playwright) William Wycherley W. B. Yeats Matthias Zschokke Carl Zuckmayer Stefan Zweig

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