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Playwrights and dramatists


Michael Abbensetts

Michael Abbensetts

1938-2016
Playwright and television screenwriter
Sitter in 1 portrait
Dannie Abse

Dannie Abse

1923-2014
Poet; doctor; author and playwright
Sitter in 3 portraits
Rodney Ackland

Rodney Ackland

1908-1991
Actor and playwright
Sitter in 16 portraits
John Agard

John Agard

1949-
Poet, playwright, performer and anthologist
Sitter in 1 portrait
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Lizzie Allen Harker (née Watson)

1863-1933
Novelist and playwright; wife of James Allen Harker
Sitter in 3 portraits
Miles Peter Andrews

Miles Peter Andrews

1742-1814
Dramatist, gunpowder manufacturer and politician
Sitter in 1 portrait
John Antrobus

John Antrobus

1933-
Playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait
Arthur Applin

Arthur Applin

1873-1949
Actor, playwright and novelist
Sitter in 5 portraits
Michael Arabian

Michael Arabian

Playwright
Sitter in 4 portraits
Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-Super-Mare

Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-Super-Mare

1940-
Politician, author and playwright
Sitter in 2 portraits
John Arden

John Arden

1930-2012
Playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait
Reginald Arkell

Reginald Arkell

1872-1959
Author and dramatist
Sitter in 4 portraits
Robert Armin

Robert Armin

circa 1568-1615
Actor and dramatist
Sitter in 2 portraits
Simon Armitage

Simon Armitage

1963-
Poet Laureate, playwright, librettist and author
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir Alan Ayckbourn

Sir Alan Ayckbourn

1939-
Playwright; Artistic Director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Sitter in 4 portraits
Richard Ayton

Richard Ayton

1786-1823
Dramatist and miscellaneous writer
Sitter in 2 portraits
Enid Algerine Bagnold ('Lady Jones')

Enid Algerine Bagnold ('Lady Jones')

1889-1981
Novelist and playwright; member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY); wife of Sir Roderick Jones; daughter of Arthur Bagnold
Sitter in 10 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait
Joanna Baillie

Joanna Baillie

1762-1851
Dramatist and poet
Sitter in 2 portraits
Howard Barker

Howard Barker

1946-
Playwright and poet
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir Kenneth Ralph Barnes

Sir Kenneth Ralph Barnes

1878-1957
Principal of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Sitter in 13 portraits
Peter Barnes

Peter Barnes

1931-2004
Playwright and director
Sitter in 1 portrait
Robert Baron

Robert Baron

baptised 1630-1658
Poet and playwright
Sitter in 2 portraits
Wilson Barrett (William Henry Barrett)

Wilson Barrett (William Henry Barrett)

1846-1904
Actor, theatre manager and dramatist
Sitter in 14 portraits
Lionel Bart

Lionel Bart

1930-1999
Composer, lyricist and playwright
Sitter in 8 portraits
Clifford Bax

Clifford Bax

1886-1962
Dramatist and poet
Sitter associated with 16 portraits
Francis Beaumont

Francis Beaumont

1584-1616
Dramatist
Sitter associated with 13 portraits
Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

1906-1989
Playwright
Sitter in 42 portraits
Brendan Behan

Brendan Behan

1923-1964
Writer and playwright
Sitter in 15 portraits
Aphra Behn (née Johnson)

Aphra Behn (née Johnson)

1640-1689
Dramatist, novelist and spy
Sitter associated with 4 portraits
Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett

1934-
Playwright
Sitter in 25 portraits
Anne Beresford (Anne Ellen File)

Anne Beresford (Anne Ellen File)

1929-2023
Poet and playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait
John Berger

John Berger

1926-2017
Writer, broadcaster and art critic
Sitter in 1 portrait
Steven Berkoff

Steven Berkoff

1937-
Playwright, actor and director
Sitter in 8 portraits
Henri Leon Gustave Charles Bernstein

Henri Leon Gustave Charles Bernstein

1876-1953
Playwright
Sitter in 6 portraits
Thomas Betterton

Thomas Betterton

1635-1710
Actor and dramatist
Sitter in 10 portraits
Waveney Hare Bicker-Caarten

Waveney Hare Bicker-Caarten

1902-1990
Actress and playwright
Sitter in 3 portraits
James Boaden

James Boaden

1762-1839
Dramatist and biographer
Sitter in 3 portraits
Robert Bolt

Robert Bolt

1924-1995
Playwright and screenwriter
Sitter in 8 portraits
Edward Bond

Edward Bond

1934-2024
Playwright and director
Sitter in 7 portraits
Gordon Bottomley

Gordon Bottomley

1874-1948
Poet and dramatist
Sitter in 17 portraits