Playwrights and dramatists

Hannah Cowley (née Parkhouse)

1743-1809
Dramatist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Joseph Stirling Coyne

1803-1868
Dramatist and journalist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Elizabeth Craven (née Berkeley), Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth

1750-1828
Dramatist; author; traveller
Sitter in 5 portraits

Martin Crimp

1956-
Playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait

Richard Cumberland

1732-1811
Playwright
Sitter in 6 portraits

Cyril James Cusack

1910-1993
Actor, director and playwright
Sitter in 3 portraits

Clemence Dane

1888-1965
Novelist, playwright, screenwriter and artist
Sitter in 14 portraits | Artist of 3 portraits

Sir William Davenant

1606-1668
Poet and dramatist
Sitter in 10 portraits

Harold Dearden

1883-1962
Doctor, psychologist, author and playwright
Sitter in 3 portraits

Françoise de Graffigny (née d'Issembourg Du Buisson d'Happoncourt)

1695-1758
Author and playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait

Anatole de Grunwald

1910-1967
Producer, screenwriter and playwright
Sitter in 2 portraits

Shelagh Delaney

1939-2011
Playwright
Sitter in 10 portraits

John Dennis

1657-1734
Literary critic and dramatist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Philippe Néricault Destouches

1680-1754
Dramatist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Dibdin

1745-1814
Songwriter and dramatist
Sitter in 5 portraits | Artist associated with 1 portrait

Thomas John Dibdin

1771-1841
Actor, dramatist and illegitimate son of Charles Dibdin
Sitter in 2 portraits

Patric Thomas Dickinson

1914-1994
Poet, playwright and broadcaster
Sitter in 4 portraits

William Fisher Peach Dimond

1780-1837
Dramatist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Dodsley

1703-1764
Poet, dramatist and bookseller
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hon. William Douglas-Home

1912-1992
Playwright and writer; son of 13th Earl of Home
Sitter in 5 portraits