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

John Drinkwater

1882-1937
Poet and playwright
Sitter in 17 portraits

John Dryden

1631-1700
Dramatist and Poet Laureate
Sitter associated with 31 portraits

Ashley Dukes

1885-1959
Dramatist, critic and theatre manager
Sitter in 11 portraits

Ronald Duncan

1914-1982
Playwright and poet
Sitter in 10 portraits

Nell Dunn

1936-
Novelist and playwright; daughter of Sir Philip Gordon Dunn, 2nd Bt
Sitter in 4 portraits

Francis Henry Durbridge

1912-1998
Playwright and author
Sitter in 6 portraits

St John Greer Ervine

1883-1971
Playwright and writer
Sitter in 16 portraits

George Farquhar

1678-1707
Dramatist
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Fawcett

1768-1837
Actor and dramatist
Sitter associated with 12 portraits

Edward Fitzball

1792-1873
Dramatist and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Fletcher

1579-1625
Dramatist
Sitter associated with 14 portraits

Samuel Foote

baptised 1721-1777
Actor and dramatist
Sitter in 14 portraits

Michael Frayn

1933-
Playwright, novelist and journalist
Sitter in 7 portraits

Philip Frowde

died 1738
Poet, dramatist and friend of Addison
Sitter in 4 portraits

Christopher Fry

1907-2005
Playwright
Sitter in 19 portraits

Athol Fugard

1932-
South African playwright, actor, novelist and film-maker
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Galsworthy

1867-1933
Novelist and playwright
Sitter in 44 portraits

David Garrick

1717-1779
Actor, playwright and theatre manager
Sitter associated with 61 portraits

(Pierre Jules) Théophile Gautier

1811-1872
Poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist and literary critic
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Gay

1685-1732
Poet and dramatist
Sitter associated with 12 portraits