| William Shakespeare
male, deceased
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright now widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language and the world's... |
| Christopher Marlowe
male, deceased
Christopher "Kit" |
| Ben Jonson
male, deceased
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 - 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he... |
| George Chapman
male, deceased
George Chapman (ca. 1559 - May 12 1634) was an English dramatist, translator, and poet. He was a classical scholar, and his work shows the... |
| Thomas Dekker
male, deceased
Thomas Dekker (c. 1572 - August 25 1632) was an Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer, a versatile and prolific writer whose career spanned several... |
| Robert Greene
male, deceased
Robert Greene, BA, MA, (1558 – September 3, 1592) was an English playwright, poet, pamphleteer, and prose writer. He was born in Norwich, En... |
| Thomas Kyd
male, deceased
Thomas Kyd was an English dramatist, the author of "The Spanish Tragedy", and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan... |
| Nicholas Udall
male, deceased
Nicholas Udall (1504 - December 23, 1556), was an English playwright and schoolmaster, the author of "Ralph Roister Doister", generally regarded as... |
| Nathan Field
male, deceased
Nathan Field (1587 - 1620), was an English dramatist and actor; his father was the Puritan preacher John Field and his brother Theophilus Field... |
| John Webster
male, deceased
John Webster (c. 1580 - c. 1634) was an English Jacobean dramatist, a late contemporary of William Shakespeare. His tragedies "The White Devil" and... |











