Playwrights and dramatists

John Osborne

1929-1994
Playwright, autobiographer and actor
Sitter in 21 portraits

Thomas Otway

1652-1685
Dramatist
Sitter in 9 portraits

Herman Ould

1885-1951
Dramatist, poet and critic
Sitter in 6 portraits

Alun Davies Owen

1925-1994
Playwright
Sitter in 3 portraits

Louis Napoleon Parker

1852-1944
Musician, playwright and inventor
Sitter in 7 portraits

John Howard Payne

1791-1852
Dramatist and actor
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Roland Pertwee

1885-1963
Playwright and novelist
Sitter in 10 portraits

Francis Charles Philips

1849-1921
Novelist, actor, dramatist, barrister and army officer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Stephen Phillips

1864-1915
Poet and dramatist
Sitter in 5 portraits

Virgilio Piñera

1912-1979
Poet, playwright, author and essayist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Arthur Wing Pinero

1855-1934
Playwright
Sitter in 24 portraits

Harold Pinter

1930-2008
Playwright, actor and director
Sitter in 21 portraits

Mary Pix

1666-1720?
Dramatist
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Poole

1786?-1872
Dramatist and writer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Dennis Christopher George Potter

1935-1994
Playwright, author and journalist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Randolph

baptised 1605-1635
Poet and playwright
Sitter in 2 portraits

Terence Rattigan

1911-1977
Playwright
Sitter in 31 portraits

Mark Ravenhill

1966-
Playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Reade

1814-1884
Novelist and dramatist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Frederic Reynolds

1764-1841
Dramatist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Nathanael Richards

active 1630-1660
Playwright and poet
Sitter in 3 portraits

Brian Rix

1924-2016
Actor-manager, playwright and campaigner; President, Mencap
Sitter in 5 portraits

Walford Graham Robertson

1866-1948
Painter, illustrator, costume designer and playwright
Sitter in 3 portraits | Artist of 2 portraits

Brian Robins

1928-1988
Artist and playwright; Coffee house proprietor
Sitter in 14 portraits | Artist associated with 3 portraits

Elizabeth Robins

1862-1952
Actress, playwright, novelist and suffragist; wife of George Richmond Parkes
Sitter in 2 portraits

Gertrude Robins

1886-1917
Actress and dramatist
Sitter in 18 portraits

Jane Rosalind Rogers

1952-
Novelist and playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edmond (Eugène Alexis) Rostand

1868-1918
Poet and dramatist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Nicholas Rowe

1674-1718
Poet Laureate and dramatist
Sitter associated with 5 portraits

Bernice Rubens

1928-2004
Novelist and playwright
Sitter in 2 portraits

Willy Russell

1947-
Poet and playwright
Sitter in 3 portraits

Michel Jacques Saint-Denis

1897-1971
Actor, playwright and producer
Sitter in 18 portraits

H.A Saintsbury

1869-1939
Actor and dramatist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Victorien Sardou

1831-1908
French dramatist
Sitter in 6 portraits

Jean-Paul Sartre

1905-1980
Novelist and playwright; philosopher and exponent of Existentialism
Sitter in 2 portraits

(Douglas) Gerald Savory

1909-1996
Playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Selby

circa 1802-1863
Actor and dramatist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Shadwell

1642?-1692
Dramatist and Poet Laureate
Sitter associated with 3 portraits

Sir Peter Levin Shaffer

1926-2016
Playwright and critic
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Shakespeare

1564-1616
Dramatist and poet
Sitter associated with 107 portraits

Margery Sharp

1905-1991
Novelist and playwright
Sitter in 3 portraits

George Bernard Shaw

1856-1950
Playwright
Sitter in 148 portraits | Artist associated with 8 portraits

Robert Shaw

1927-1978
Actor, playwright and author
Sitter in 8 portraits

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

1751-1816
Dramatist and parliamentary orator
Sitter associated with 168 portraits

Milton Shulman

1913-2004
Canadian critic, dramatist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Henry Siddons

1774-1815
Actor and playwright; son of Sarah Siddons
Sitter in 2 portraits

Alan Sillitoe

1928-2010
Novelist, screenwriter, poet and playwright
Sitter in 8 portraits

Norman Frederick Simpson

1919-2011
Playwright
Sitter in 2 portraits

George Robert Sims

1847-1922
Journalist and playwright
Sitter in 3 portraits

Lemn Sissay

1967-
Author, poet and playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Lumley St George Skeffington

1771-1850
Fop and playwright
Sitter in 6 portraits

Dodie Smith

1896-1990
Novelist and playwright
Sitter in 3 portraits

Edward Percy Smith

1891-1968
Author and Conservative politician; MP for Ashford
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Southerne

1660-1746
Poet and dramatist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Robert Stapleton (Stapylton)

circa 1607-1669
Playwright and translator
Sitter associated with 12 portraits

Sir Richard Steele

1672-1729
Dramatist and essayist
Sitter in 33 portraits

Marguerite Steen

1894-1975
Playwright and novelist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Polly Stenham

1986-
Playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait

Donald Ogden Stewart

1894-1980
Humorist, actor, playwright and screenwriter
Sitter in 2 portraits

Leslie Stiles

born 1876
Actor, dramatist, composer and producer
Sitter in 10 portraits