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.

• William Shakespeare
  1
  

  1564-1616 (England)
  List of Best Shakespeare Plays

• Anton Chekhov
  2
  

  1860-1904 (Russia)
  List of Best Chekhov Plays

• Arthur Miller
  3
  

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

• Sophocles
  4
  

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

• Henrik Ibsen
  5
  

  1828- 1906 (Norway)
  List of Best Ibsen Plays 

• George Bernard Shaw
  6
  

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

• Harold Pinter
  7
  

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

• Oscar Wilde
  8
  

  1854-1900 (Ireland)
  List of Best Oscar Wilde Plays 

• Eugene O’Neill
  9
  

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

• Moliere
  10
  

  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