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This is a list of playwrights ordered alphabetically by place of origin or residence. Translators of dramatic literature are also included. (See also dramatic literature; theatre.)

Abkhaz

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Algerian

American

Angolan

Argentine

Australian

Austrian

Belgian

Brazilian

British

Bulgarian

Cameroonian

Canadian

Chinese

Congolese

Croatian

Cuban

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Ecuadorian

Egyptian

Ethiopian

Filipino

Finnish

French

German

Ghanaian

Greek

Guadeloupian

Guinean

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indian

Iranian

Irish

Italian

Ivorian

Jamaican

  • Trevor Rhone

Japanese

Kenyan

Kyrgyz

Latvian

Lithuanian

Malagasy

Martinican

Mexican

Moroccan

New Zealander

Nigerian

Norwegian

Peruvian

Polish

Portuguese

Puerto Rican

Roman

Romanian

Russian

Slovenian

South African

Spanish

Swedish

Swiss

Syrian

  • Muhammad al-Maghut
  • Saʿdallāh Wannūs

Tanzanian

Thai

Trinidadian

Turkish

Ukrainian

Venezuelan

Vietnamese

Zimbabwean

This article was most recently revised and updated by Richard Pallardy.