Editing List of playwrights (section)

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*[[Neil LaBute]] (born 1963, United States)
*[[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] (1809–1873, England)
*[[Pär Lagerkvist]] (1891–1974, Sweden)
*[[Jun Lana]] (born 1972, Philippines)
*[[Robert Eyres Landor]] (1781–1869, England)
*[[Mary Lewis Langworthy]] (1872-1949, United States)
*[[Jonathan Larson]] (1960–1996, United States)
*[[Stig Larsson (author)|Stig Larsson]] (born 1955, Sweden)
*[[Kirke La Shelle]] (1862–1905, United States)
*[[Else Lasker-Schüler]] (1869–1945, Germany/Palestine/Israel)
*[[Miklós László]] (1903–1973, Hungary/United States)
*[[Francis Lathom]] (1774–1832, England)
*[[Walter Learning]] (1938–2020, Canada)
*[[Hermine Lecomte du Noüy]] (1854-1915, France)
*[[Mary Theresa Ledóchowska]] (1863–1922, Austria)
*[[Harriet Lee (writer)|Harriet Lee]] (1757–1851, England)
*[[Kang Baek Lee]] (born 1947, South Korea)
*[[Nathaniel Lee]] (c. 1653–1692, England)
*[[Richard Nelson Lee]] (1806–1872, England)
*[[Robert E. Lee (playwright)|Robert E. Lee]] (1918–1994, United States)
*[[Sophia Lee]] (1750–1824, England)
*[[Mark Lemon]] (1809–1870, England)
*[[Wayne Lemon]] (living, United States)
*[[Melchior Lengyel]] (1880–1974, Hungary)
*[[Sue Lenier]] (born 1957, England)
*[[Rebecca Lenkiewicz]] (born 1968, England)
*[[Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz]] (1751–1792, Russia/Livonia) in German
*[[Conchi León]] (born 1973, Mexico)
*[[Gotthold Lessing|Gotthold Ephraim Lessing]] (1729–1781, Germany
*[[Reinhard Lettau]] (1929–1996, Germany/United States)
*[[Tracy Letts]] (born 1965, United States)
*[[Ira Levin]] (1929–2007, United States)
*[[Caleb Lewis]] (born 1978, Australia)
*[[David Lewis (poet)|David Lewis]] (1682–1760, England)
*[[Leopold David Lewis]] (1828–1890, England)
*[[Saunders Lewis]] (1893–1985, Wales)
*[[Nell Leyshon]] (living, England)
*[[George Lillo]] (1691–1739, England)
*[[David Lindsay-Abaire]] (born 1969, United States)
*[[Romulus Linney (playwright)|Romulus Linney]] (1930–2011, United States)
*[[Liz Lochhead]] (born 1947, Scotland)
*[[Oliver W. F. Lodge]] (1878–1955, England)
*[[Thomas Lodge]] (c. 1558–1625, England)
*[[Kenneth Lonergan]] (born 1962, United States)
*[[George William Lovell]] (1804–1878, England)
*[[Stephen Lowe (playwright)|Stephen Lowe]] (born 1947, England)
*[[William Lower (dramatist)|William Lower]] (c. 1610–1662, England)
*[[Mina Loy]] (1882–1966, France/United States)
*[[Craig Lucas]] (born 1951, United States)
*[[Clare Boothe Luce]] (1903–1987, United States)
*[[Charles Ludlam]] (1943–1987, United States)
*[[Ken Ludwig]] (living, United States)
*[[Otto Ludwig (writer)|Otto Ludwig]] (1813–1865, Germany)
*[[Joseph Lunn]] (1784–1863, England)
*[[John Lyly]] (c. 1553 or 1554–1606, England)
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