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- David Rabe
- Jean Racine
- Ferdinand Raimund
- Mohan Rakesh (India)
- Jonathan Rand
- Adam Rapp
- Lutz Rathenow
- Terence Rattigan
- James Reaney
- Yasmina Reza
- Erwin Riess
- Arnold Ridley (1896–1984) (England)
- Philip Ridley
- Lawrence Riley
- Rainer Maria Rilke
- José Rivera
- Lennox Robinson
- Rony Robinson
- Jack Rosenthal
- Kenneth G. Ross
- Edmond Rostand
- Friederike Roth
- David Rudkin
- Paul Rudnick
- John Ruganda (1941–2007) Uganda
- Sarah Ruhl
- Willy Russell
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