Best Playwrights
Best Playwrights of all Time
It has been an arduous task collating a list of best playwrights. However, after careful deliberation we believe that these playwrights deserve to be regarded as the best playwrights of all time. This list took into account craftsmanship, contribution to theatre and, of course, subjective favouritism by the Stage Milk team. There are playwrights from several countries and periods in history. Each playwright has written a number great plays and has offered something irreplaceable to the theatre. Please leave us a comment letting us know your opinion of the list. If you are interested in reading plays by any of these playwrights click the link underneath each picture to see their best plays.
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William Shakespeare1

1564-1616 (England)
List of Best Shakespeare Plays -
Anton Chekhov2

1860-1904 (Russia)
List of Best Chekhov Plays -
Arthur Miller3

1915-2005 (America)
List of Best Arthur Miller Plays -
Sophocles4

497- 406 BC (Greece)
List of Best Sophocles Plays -
Henrik Ibsen5

1828- 1906 (Norway)
List of Best Ibsen Plays -
George Bernard Shaw6

1856-1950 (Ireland)
List of Best Bernard Shaw Plays -
Harold Pinter7

1930-2008 (England)
List of Best Harold Pinter Plays -
Oscar Wilde8

1854-1900 (Ireland)
List of Best Oscar Wilde Plays -
Eugene O’Neill9

1888 – 1953 (America)
List of Best Eugene O’Neill Plays -
Moliere10

1622 – 1673 (France)
List of Best Moliere Plays
Other Great Playwrights
Aeschylus
Euripides
Ben Jonson
Christopher Marlowe
Jean Racine
August Srtindberg
Aphra Behn
Bertolt Brecht
Tennessee Williams
Samuel Beckett
Tom Stoppard
Caryl Churchill




