Jubilee Playwrights: 60 years, 60 key names

Alan Ayckbourn (1939-)
Enid Bagnold (1889 –1981)

Howard Barker (1946-)

Mike Bartlett (1980-)
Richard Bean (1956-)
Alan Bennett (1934-)
Steven Berkoff (1937-)

Edward Bond (1934-)
Howard Brenton (1942-)
Moira Buffini (1965-)

Jez Butterworth (1969-)

Jim Cartwright (1958-)

Caryl Churchill (1938-)
Ray Cooney (1932-)

Noel Coward (1899-1973)
Martin Crimp (1956-)

Shelagh Delaney (1938-2011)

David Edgar (1948-)
David Eldridge (1973-)
Tim Firth (1964-)

Michael Frayn (1933-)
Pam Gems (1925-2011)

Simon Gray (1936-2008)
John Godber (1956-)
David Greig (1969-)
Trevor Griffiths (1935-)

Christopher Hampton (1946-)

David Hare (1947-)
Ronald Harwood (1934-)
Terry Johnson (1955-)
Sarah Kane (1971-1999)
Dennis Kelly (1970-)
Hanif Kureishi (1954-)
Kwame Kwei-Armah (1967-)
Bryony Lavery (1947-)
Mike Leigh (1943-)
Patrick Marber (1964-)
John McGrath (1935-)
Peter Morgan (1963-)

John Mortimer (1923-2009)

Anthony Neilson (1967-)
Peter Nichols (1927-)

Joe Orton (1933-1967)
John Osborne (1929-1994)
Philip Ridley (1964-)
Alan Plater (1935-2010)

Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
JB Priestley (1894-1984)
Stephen Poliakoff (1952-)
Terence Rattigan (1911-1977)
Mark Ravenhill (1966-)
Willy Russell (1947-)
Anthony Shaffer (1926-2001)

Peter Shaffer (1926-)

Simon Stephens (1971-)
Tom Stoppard (1937-)

Laura Wade (1977-)
Timberlake Wertenbaker (1951-)

Arnold Wesker (1932-)
Roy Williams (1968-) 

– Compiled by Andrew Rogers, Terri Paddock, Theo Bosanquet and Michael Coveney