20th-century English dramatists and playwrights

The list 20th-century English dramatists and playwrights includes Agatha Christie, Stephen Tredre, Robert Shaw, Lynn Redgrave and Heathcote Williams. The list consists of 296 members.

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Virginia Woolf

English modernist writer (1882–1941)

Overview: Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th century authors and also a pioneer in the use ...

Date of birth: 25 January 1882

Date of death: 28 March 1941

Age: 59 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Pipe smokers 77T

Lost Generation writers 38T

20th-century LGBT people 3,252T
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Agatha Christie

English author

Overview: Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly ...

Date of birth: 15 September 1890

Date of death: 12 January 1976

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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British women historical novelists 1T

British women mystery writers 116T

British ghost story writers 73T
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Stephen Tredre

British actor-writer

Overview: Stephen Ralph Tredre (17 July 1963 – 8 December 1997), was an English actor and writer.

Date of birth: 17 July 1963

Date of death: 8 December 1997

Age: 34 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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20th-century English male writers 1,328T

20th-century British screenwriters 395T

20th-century British male writers 1,407T
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Stephen Fry

English actor, comedian and presenter (born 1957)

Overview: Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He and Hugh Laurie are the comic double act Fry and Laurie, who starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster ...

Date of birth: 24 August 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 5" (196 cm)

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British male television writers 435T

People educated at City College Norwich 13T

21st-century English comedians 249T
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Martin McDonagh

English screenwriter

Overview: Martin Faranan McDonagh (born 26 March 1970) is an Irish-British playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director. Born and brought up in London, the son of Irish parents, he is considered among the most ...

Date of birth: 26 March 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Engaged)

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Best Original Screenplay BAFTA Award winners 37T

Filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award 95T

British male dramatists and playwrights 268T
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Noël Coward

English playwright and composer

Overview: Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of ...

Date of birth: 16 December 1899

Date of death: 26 March 1973

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Military personnel from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames 24T

English male pianists 83T

Singers from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames 11T
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Robert Shaw

English actor and novelist (1927–1978)

Overview: Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August 1927 – 28 August 1978) was an English actor, novelist, and playwright. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his role as Henry VIII in the drama film A Man ...

Date of birth: 9 August 1927

Date of death: 28 August 1978

Age: 51 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Male actors of Scottish descent 224T

20th-century English male writers 1,328T

20th-century British male writers 1,407T
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Lynn Redgrave

British-American actress (1943–2010)

Overview: Lynn Rachel Redgrave OBE (8 March 1943 – 2 May 2010) was a British–American actress. She won 2 Golden Globe Awards, was a two-time Oscar nominee and received Emmy and Tony nominations.

Date of birth: 8 March 1943

Date of death: 2 May 2010

Age: 67 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Subjects of "This is Your Life" TV series 285T

Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female winners 35T

Daughters of knights 96T
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Heathcote Williams

British actor and writer

Overview: John Henley Heathcote-Williams (15 November 1941 – 1 July 2017), known as Heathcote Williams, was an English poet, actor, political activist and dramatist. He wrote a number of book-length polemical poems ...

Date of birth: 15 November 1945

Date of death: 1 July 2017

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Poet

Gender: Male

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20th-century squatters 122T

20th-century English male artists 1,143T

21st-century English male artists 348T
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Michael Palin

English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter

Overview: Sir Michael Edward Palin KCMG CBE FRGS (born 5 May 1943) is an English actor, comedian, writer and television presenter. He was a member of the comedy group Monty Python. Since 1980 he has made a number ...

Date of birth: 5 May 1943

Age: 81

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Recipients of the Royal Geographical Society Gold Medal 44T

Male actors from Sheffield 36T
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W.H. Auden

British-American poet (1907–1973)

Overview: Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was an Anglo-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and ...

Date of birth: 21 February 1907

Date of death: 29 September 1973

Age: 66 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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20th-century English non-fiction writers 123T

20th-century English male writers 1,328T

Translators of the Poetic Edda 28T
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Benjamin Zephaniah

British poet

Overview: Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (15 April 1958 – 6 December 2023) was a British writer, dub poet and actor. He was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008.

Date of birth: 15 April 1958

Date of death: 7 December 2023

Age: 65 (age at death)

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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English writers with disabilities 95T

British writers with disabilities 140T

Acid Jazz Records artists 26T
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Steven Berkoff

English actor (born 1937)

Overview: Steven Berkoff (born Leslie Steven Berks; born 3 August 1937) is a British actor, author, playwright, practitioner, and theatre director. As a film actor, he is best known for his performances in villainous ...

Date of birth: 3 August 1937

Age: 87

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Clara Fisher (I) (Long-Term)

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L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq alumni 23T

People educated at Hackney Downs School 39T

English male dramatists and playwrights 754T
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Beverley Cross

British screenwriter

Overview: Alan Beverley Cross (13 April 1931 – 20 March 1998) was an English playwright, librettist and screenwriter.

Date of birth: 13 April 1931

Date of death: 20 March 1998

Age: 66 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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20th-century English male writers 1,328T

20th-century British screenwriters 395T

20th-century British male writers 1,407T
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John McGrath

British playwright

Overview: John Peter McGrath (1 June 1935 – 22 January 2002) was a British playwright and theatre theorist who took up the cause of Socialism in his plays.

Date of birth: 1 June 1935

Date of death: 22 January 2002

Age: 66 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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20th-century English male writers 1,328T

20th-century British male writers 1,407T

20th-century British dramatists and playwrights 435T
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Vickery Turner

British actor

Overview: Vickery Turner (3 April 1940 in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey – 4 April 2006), born Christine Hazel Turner, was a British actress, playwright, author and theatre director.

Date of birth: 3 April 1940

Date of death: 4 April 2006

Age: 66 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Director

Gender: Female

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British women television writers 162T

20th-century English screenwriters 283T

20th-century British screenwriters 481T
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Arnold Ridley

English playwright and actor (1896–1984)

Overview: William Arnold Ridley, OBE (7 January 1896 – 12 March 1984) was an English playwright and actor, earlier in his career known for writing the play The Ghost Train and later in life for portraying the elderly ...

Date of birth: 7 January 1896

Date of death: 12 March 1984

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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20th-century English male writers 1,328T

Burials at Bath Abbey Cemetery 2T

20th-century British male writers 1,407T
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John Osborne

English playwright and social rebel

Overview: John James Osborne (12 December 1929 – 24 December 1994) was an English playwright, screenwriter and actor, known for his excoriating prose and intense critical stance towards established social and p ...

Date of birth: 12 December 1929

Date of death: 24 December 1994

Age: 65 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Playwright

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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20th-century English male writers 1,328T

Best British Screenplay BAFTA Award winners 19T

Vegetarians 377T
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Joe Orton

English playwright and author

Overview: John Kingsley Orton (1 January 1933 – 9 August 1967), known under the pen name of Joe Orton, was an English playwright, author and diarist. His public career—from 1964 until his death in 1967—was short ...

Date of birth: 1 January 1933

Date of death: 9 August 1967

Age: 34 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Playwright

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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20th-century English male writers 1,328T

Deaths by beating in the United Kingdom 23T

1967 murders in the United Kingdom 7T
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Alan Bennett

English playwright and actor (b. 1934)

Overview: Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English actor, author, playwright and screenwriter. Over his distinguished entertainment career he has received numerous awards and honours including two BAFTA Awards ...

Date of birth: 9 May 1934

Age: 90

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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British male television writers 435T

LGBT Anglicans 29T

English male screenwriters 563T