Great British Playwrights
Great British Playwrights is a structured people dataset with 20 entries. Its fields include Playwright, Years, Signature Play. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 20 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: Playwright, Years, Signature Play, Style, Known For.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Years span
- 1926 to 1986
- Across 20 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Playwright, Years, and Signature Play across people entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 20 downloadable records
Playwright↕ | Years↕ | Signature Play↕ | Style↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Harold Pinter | 1930-2008 | The Homecoming | Comedy of menace | Nobel Prize 2005, the Pinter pause, Betrayal, The Birthday Party, political activism |
Tom Stoppard | 1937- | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | Intellectual comedy | Arcadia, The Real Thing, Shakespeare in Love screenplay, erudite wordplay |
Alan Bennett | 1934- | The History Boys | Social comedy | Talking Heads monologues, The Madness of George III, Yorkshire voice, diaries |
Caryl Churchill | 1938- | Top Girls | Experimental / feminist | Cloud Nine, Serious Money, overlapping dialogue, short plays, formal innovation |
Peter Shaffer | 1926-2016 | Amadeus | Epic drama | Equus, Royal Hunt of the Sun, psychologically intense historical plays, twin of Anthony Shaffer |
John Osborne | 1929-1994 | Look Back in Anger | Kitchen sink realism | Angry Young Men movement figurehead, The Entertainer, Oscar for Tom Jones screenplay |
Edward Bond | 1934-2024 | Saved | Political rage | Saved stoning scene scandal, Lear, anti-establishment, abolished UK stage censorship |
David Hare | 1947- | Plenty | Political drama | Stuff Happens (Iraq War), Skylight, The Hours screenplay, state-of-the-nation plays |
Michael Frayn | 1933- | Copenhagen | Intellectual comedy / drama | Noises Off (farce masterpiece), Democracy, novelist and translator, physics in drama |
Alan Ayckbourn | 1939- | The Norman Conquests | Comedy | 85+ plays, Scarborough base, technical experiments, A Small Family Business, Absurd Person Singular |
Jez Butterworth | 1969- | Jerusalem | Epic realism | Mojo, The Ferryman, Mark Rylance partnership, rural English mysticism |
Martin McDonagh | 1970- | The Pillowman | Dark comedy | Leenane Trilogy, Three Billboards film, violent Irish humor, In Bruges |
Simon Stephens | 1971- | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Contemporary realism | Adaptation of Haddon novel, Punk Rock, Heisenberg, Royal Court associate |
Lucy Prebble | 1981- | Enron | Contemporary drama | ENRON scandal musical-play, The Effect, Succession co-writer |
James Graham | 1982- | This House | Political drama | Ink (Murdoch and Sun), Dear England, Labour whip offices, Brexit: The Uncivil War screenplay |
Laura Wade | 1977- | Posh | Social satire | Bullingdon Club satire, Home I'm Darling, The Riot Club film adaptation |
Lucy Kirkwood | 1984- | Chimerica | Political epic | Tiananmen tank man play, Mosquitoes, The Children, Royal Court regular |
Conor McPherson | 1971- | The Weir | Irish naturalism | Storytelling monologues, Dublin pubs, Girl from the North Country (Dylan musical) |
Enda Walsh | 1967- | Once (book) | Lyrical / experimental | Disco Pigs, Misterman, Once musical book, David Bowie's Lazarus |
Polly Stenham | 1986- | That Face | Contemporary realism | Debut at 19, Tusk Tusk, No Quarter, dysfunctional wealthy families |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Great British Playwrights organized?
The table starts in the source data's default order. You can sort and filter the loaded rows by the displayed fields.
How much data is available on this page?
This dataset contains 20 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
Can I download the complete dataset?
Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 20 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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