List of Playwrights - C

C

• Emilio Carballido 1925–2008 (Mexico)
• Gaston de Caillavet (1869–1915) (France)
• Hall Caine (1853–1931) (England)
• Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681) (Spain)
• Daniel Call
• Sheila Callaghan
• Joaquín Calvo-Sotelo (1905–1993) (Spain)
• Marc Camoletti
• Bartley Campbell
• David Campton (born 1924) (England)
• Albert Camus (1913–1960) (France)
• Carlos Canales (1955) (Puerto Rico)
• Elias Canetti
• Veza Canetti
• José de Cañizares (1676–1750) (Spain)
• Cao Yu
• Karel Čapek (1890–1938) (Czech Republic)
• Luigi Capuana (1839–1915) (Italy)
• Alfred Capus (1858–1922) (France)
• Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912) (Romania)
• Louis Carette {redirect to Félicien Marceau}
• Annibale Caro (1507–1566) (Italy)
• Alice Caroline
• Paul Vincent Carroll (1900–1968) (Ireland/Scotland)
• Jim Cartwright
• Alberto Casella (1891–1957) (Italy)
• Alejandro Casona (1903–1965) (Spain)
• Guillén de Castro y Bellvís (1569–1631) (Spain)
• Enrico Cavacchioli (1885–1954) (Italy)
• Giovan Maria Cecchi (1518–1587) (Italy)
• Susannah Centlivre (c. 1667–1723) (England)
• Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) (Spain)
• Linda Chambers (United States)
• George Chapman (c. 1560–1634) (England)
• Sita Ram Chaturvedi (1907–1995) (India)
• Charlotte Charke (1713–1760)
• Mary Coyle Chase (1907–1981) (United States)
• Klaus Chatten
• Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981) (United States)
• Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904) (Russia)
• Andrew Cherry (1762–1812)
• William Rufus Chetwood, (died 1766) (England/Ireland)
• Luigi Chiarelli (1880–1947) (Italy)
• Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653–1725) (Japan)
• Hans Chlumberg (1897–1930) (Austria)
• Jerome Chodorov (1911–2004) (United States)
• Agatha Christie (1890–1976) (England)
• David W. Christner
• Caryl Churchill
• Colley Cibber (1671–1757) (England)
• Giovanni Battista Cini (c. 1525–1586) (Italy)
• Paul Claudel (1868–1955) (France)
• Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) (France)
• Antonio Coello y Ochoa (1611–1652) (Spain)
• George M. Cohan (1878–1942) (United States)
• Harry Cohen
• George Colman the Elder (1732–1794) (England)
• John Colton (1889–1946) (United States/England)
• Padraic Colum (1881–1972) (Ireland/United States)
• Pat Condell (England)
• William Congreve (1670–1729) (England)
• Marc Connelly (1890–1980) (United States)
• Robert Taylor Conrad (1810–1858) (United States)
• Michael Cook
• Ray Cooney (Britain)
• Romain Coolus (1868–1952) (France)
• Simon Corble (England)
• Cheryl A. Costa (born 1952) (United States)
• Antonia Cousins (England)
• Jacques Copeau (1879–1949) (France)
• François Coppée (1842–1908) (France)
• Pierre Corneille (1606–1684) (France)
• Thomas Corneille (1625–1709) (France)
• Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas (United States)
• Pietro Cossa (1830–1881) (Italy)
• Georges Courteline (1858–1929) (France)
• Noël Coward (1899–1973) (England)
• Louis O. Coxe (1918–1993) (United States)
• Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1674–1762) (France)
• Michael Cristofer
• Francis de Croisset (1877–1937) (France)
• Fernand Crommelynck (1885–1970) (Belgium/France) *French language*
• A. J. Cronin (1896–1981) (Scotland)
• Rachel Crothers (1878–1958) (United States)
• Russel Crouse (1893–1966) (United States)
• Mart Crowley (born 1935) (United States)
• John Crowne (c. 1640 – c. 1703) (England)
• Nilo Cruz
• Ramón de la Cruz (1731–1794) (Spain)
• Gergely Csíky (1842–1891) (Hungary)
• Franz Theodor Csokor (1885–1969) (Austria)
• Álvaro Cubillo de Aragón (1596–1661) (Spain)
• Juan de la Cueva (c. 1550–1610) (Spain)
• Richard Cumberland (1732–1811) (England)
• E. E. Cummings (1894–1962) (United States)
• François de Curel (1854–1928) (France)
• Stephen Currens