Editing List of playwrights (section)

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*[[Robert Daborne]] (1580?-1628) England)
*[[Stig Dagerman]] (1923–1954, Sweden)
*[[Andrew Dallmeyer]] (1945–2017, Scotland)
*[[Augustin Daly]] (1838–1899, United States)
*[[Clemence Dane]] (1888–1965, England)
*[[George Landen Dann]] (1904–1977, Australia)
*[[Florent Carton Dancourt]] (1661–1725, France)
*[[Clemence Dane]] (1888–1965, England)
*[[Sarah Daniels (playwright)|Sarah Daniels]] (born 1956, England)
*[[Gabriele d'Annunzio]] (1863–1938, Italy)
*[[Bill Dare]] (living, England)
*[[Florence Henrietta Darwin]] (1864–1920, England)
*[[Alphonse Daudet]] (1840–1897, France)
*[[William Davenant]] (1606–1668, England)
*[[Robert Davenport (dramatist)|Robert Davenport]] (fl. 1623–1639, England)
*[[James Kitchener Davies]] (1902–1952, Wales) in Welsh
*[[Robertson Davies]] (1913–1995, Canada)
*[[Jack Davis (playwright)|Jack Davis]] (1917–2000, Australia)
*[[Ossie Davis]] (1917–2005, United States)
*[[Owen Davis]] (1874–1956, United States)
*[[Roxann Dawson]] (born 1958, United States)
*[[Frederic Lansing Day]] (1886–1982) (United States)
*[[April De Angelis]] (born c. 1960, England)
*[[Swadesh Deepak]] (born 1942, India) in Hindi
*[[Eduardo De Filippo]] (1900–1984, Italy)
*[[Paul Dehn]] (1912–1976, England)
*[[Nalini Prava Deka]] (1944–2014, India)
*[[Thomas Dekker (writer)|Thomas Dekker]] (c. 1572–1632, England)
*[[Shelagh Delaney]] (1939–2011, England)
*[[Casimir Delavigne|Casimir-Jean-François Delavigne]] (1793–1843, France)
*[[Barbu Delavrancea]] (1858–1918, Romania)
*[[R. F. Delderfield]] (1912–1972, England)
*[[Giambattista della Porta]] (1535–1615, Italy)
*[[Merrill Denison]] (1893–1975, Canada)
*[[Catalina D'Erzel]] (1897-1950, Mexico)
*[[Lucien Descaves]] (1861–1949, France)
*[[Jean Desmarets]] (1595–1676, France)
*[[Sugathapala de Silva]] (1928–2002), Ceylon/Sri Lanka) in [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]]
*[[Philippe Néricault Destouches]] (1680–1754, France)
*[[Jacques Deval]] (1894–1972, France)
*[[Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford|Edward de Vere]] (1550–1604, England)
*[[Laxmi Prasad Devkota]] (1909–1959, Nepal)
*[[Juan Bautista Diamante]] (1625–1687, Spain)
*[[Lydia R. Diamond]] (born 1969, United States)
*[[Charles Dibdin]] (1745–1814, England)
*[[Thomas John Dibdin]] (1771–1841, England)
*[[Joaquín Dicenta]] (1863–1917, Spain)
*[[Denis Diderot]] (1713–1784, France)
*[[Steven Dietz]] (born 1958, United States)
*[[Salvatore Di Giacomo]] (1860–1934, Italy)
*[[Joe DiPietro]] (born 1961, United States)
*[[Robert Dodsley]] (1703–1764, England)
*[[Lodovico Dolce]] (1508 – c. 1568, Italy)
*[[Maurice Donnay]] (1859–1945, France)
*[[Ariel Dorfman]] (born 1942, Argentina/Chile/United States) in Spanish and English
*[[Earl of Dorset]] {redirect to [[Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset]]}
*[[Tankred Dorst]] (1925–2017, Germany)
*[[Louise Doughty]] (born 1963, England)
*[[William Missouri Downs]] (born 1965, United States)
*[[Stuart Draper]] (born 1967, England)
*[[Michael Drayton]] (1563–1631, England)
*[[John Drinkwater (playwright)|John Drinkwater]] (1882–1937, England)
*[[William Price Drury]] (1861–1949, England)
*[[John Dryden]] (1631–1700, England)
*[[Marin Držić]] (1508–1587, Republic of Ragusa) in [[Croatian language|Croatian]]
*[[Marcel Dubé]] (1930–2016, Canada) in French
*[[Charles Rivière Dufresny]] (1654–1724, France)
*[[Edmund Duggan (playwright)]] (1862–1938, Australia)
*[[Roger Martin du Gard]] {redirect to [[Roger Martin du Gard|Martin du Gard, Roger]]}
*[[Ashley Dukes]] (1885–1959, England)
*[[Alexandre Dumas, père]] (1802–1870, France)
*[[D Underbelly]] (born late 1990s, United States)
*[[Govind Purushottam Deshpande]] (1938–2013, India) in Marathi
*[[Andrea Dunbar]] (1961–1990, England)
*[[William Duncombe]] (1690–1769, England)
*[[William Dunlap]] (1766–1839, United States)
*[[Antony Dunn]] (born 1973, England)
*[[Marc Dunn]] (born 1978, United States)
*[[Nell Dunn]] (born 1936, England)
*[[Philip Dunning]] (1891–1957, United States)
*[[Lord Dunsany]] (1878–1957, England/Ireland)
*[[Christopher Durang]] (born 1949, United States)
*[[Marguerite Duras]] (1914–1996, France)
*[[Thomas d'Urfey]] (1653–1723, England)
*[[Friedrich Dürrenmatt]] (1921–1990, Switzerland) in German
*[[Pierre du Ryer]] (1606–1658, France)
*[[Jean Dutourd]] (1920–2011, France)
*[[Utpal Dutta]] (living, India) in Assamese
*[[Henri Duvernois]] (1875–1937, France)
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