Principal Authors in the EVD

  • À Beckett, Gilbert, 1811-1856
  • À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856, and Mark Lemon
  • Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719
  • Ames, Richard, d.1693
  • Andrews, Miles Peter, d.1814
  • Anonymous
  • Armin, Robert, 1565?-1610
  • Arnold, Sir Edwin, 1832-1904
  • Austin, Alfred, 1835-1913
  • Aytoun, William Edmondstoune, 1813-1865
  • Bancroft, John, d.1696
  • Banks, John, c.1650-c.1700
  • Barnes, Barnabe, 1570?-1609
  • Barry, Lording, 1580-1629
  • Beaumont, Francis, 1585?-1616
  • Beaumont, Francis, 1585?-1616, and John Fletcher
  • Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689
  • Belchier, Daubridgcourt, c.1581-1621
  • Bellamy, Daniel, the elder, b.1687
  • Bickerstaffe, Isaac, d.1812?
  • Boaden, James, 1762-1839
  • Booth, Barton, 1681-1733
  • Brand, Barbarina, Lady Dacre, 1768-1854
  • Brand, Hannah, d.1821
  • Brome, Alexander, 1620-1666
  • Brome, Richard, 1590?-1652 or 1653
  • Brooke, Henry, 1703?-1783
  • Brough, Robert Barnabas, 1828-1860, and W. Brough
  • Burkhead, Henry, fl.1640-5
  • Burnell, Henry, fl.1641
  • Carlell, Lodowick, 1601 or 1602-1675
  • Cartwright, George, fl.1650
  • Cartwright, William, 1611-1643
  • Caryll, John, 1625-1711
  • Chapman, George, 1559?-1634
  • Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758
  • Clark, William, advocate, fl.1663
  • Colman, George, the elder, 1732-1794
  • Congreve, William, 1670-1729
  • Cooke, John, fl.1612
  • Cooke, Thomas (Scriblerus Tertius), 1703-1756
  • Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687
  • Cowley, Hannah, 1743-1809
  • Cradock, Joseph, 1742-1826
  • Crowne, John, d.1703
  • D'Ouvilly, George, fl.1657
  • D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723
  • Daborne, Robert, d.1628
  • Davenant, Sir William, 1606-1668
  • Davenport, Robert, fl.1624-1640
  • Davidson, John, 1857-1909
  • Day, John, c.1574-c.1640
  • Day, John, c.1574-c.1640, and William Rowley and George Wilkins
  • Dekker, Thomas, 1572?-1632
  • Dekker, Thomas, 1572?-1632, and John Ford
  • Dekker, Thomas, 1572?-1632, and John Ford and William Rowley
  • Dekker, Thomas, 1572?-1632, and Philip Massinger
  • Dekker, Thomas, 1572?-1632, and Thomas Middleton
  • Dekker, Thomas, 1572?-1632, and John Webster
  • Delap, John, 1725-1812
  • Denham, Sir John, 1615-1669
  • Derrick, Samuel, 1724-1769
  • Digby, George, 2nd Earl of Bristol, 1612-1677
  • Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764
  • Douglas, Francis, 1710?-1790?
  • Dow, Alexander, d.1779
  • Downman, Hugh, 1740-1809
  • Drue, Thomas, fl.1623
  • Dryden, John, 1631-1700
  • Dryden, John, 1631-1700, and Nathaniel Lee
  • Duffett, Thomas, fl.1674-1678
  • Estcourt, Richard, 1668-1712
  • Field [K. H. Bradley and E. E. Cooper], Michael, 1846-1913, 1862-1914
  • Field, Nathan, 1587-1619 or 1620, and John Fletcher
  • Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754
  • Flecknoe, Richard, c.1620-1678
  • Fletcher, John, 1579-1625
  • Fletcher, John, 1579-1625, and Francis Beaumont
  • Fletcher, John, 1579-1625, and Nathan Field
  • Fletcher, John, 1579-1625, and Nathan Field and Philip Massinger
  • Fletcher, John, 1579-1625, and Philip Massinger
  • Fletcher, John, 1579-1625, and William Rowley
  • Fletcher, John, 1579-1625, and James Shirley
  • Ford, John, 1586?-1639?
  • Francis, Philip, 1708?-1773
  • Francklin, Thomas, 1721-1784
  • Freeman, Sir Ralph, c.1590-1667
  • Frowde, Philip, d.1738
  • Garrick, David, 1717-1779
  • Gay, John, 1685-1732
  • Gentleman, Francis, 1728-1784
  • Gildon, Charles, 1665-1724
  • Glapthorne, Henry, 1610-after 1643
  • Glover, Richard, 1712-1785
  • Goffe, Thomas, c.1591-1629
  • Gomersall, Robert, 1602?-1644?
  • Granville, George, Baron Landsdowne, 1667-1735
  • Greene, Robert, 1558-1592
  • Greville, Fulke, Baron Brooke, 1554-1628
  • Habington, William, 1605-1654
  • Harding, Samuel, 1616 or 1618-1699?
  • Harris, Joseph, c.1650-c.1715, and William Mountfort
  • Havard, William, 1710?-1778
  • Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1753
  • Hawkins, William, 1722-1801
  • Hayley, William, 1745-1820
  • Haynes, James, 1788-1851
  • Haywood, Eliza, 1693?-1756
  • Haywood, Eliza, 1693?-1756, and William Hatchett
  • Heminges, William, 1602-before1653
  • Heraud, John Abraham, 1799-1887
  • Heywood, Thomas, 1574?-1641
  • Higgons, Bevill, 1670-1735
  • Hill, Aaron, 1685-1750
  • Home, John, 1722-1808
  • Hoole, John, 1727-1803
  • Hopkins, Charles, 1664-1700
  • Horne, Richard Henry (or Hengist), 1803-1884
  • Howard, Edward, 1624-c.1700
  • Howard, Sir Robert, 1626-1698
  • Hughes, John, 1677-1720
  • Hull, Thomas, 1728-1808
  • J. S., fl.1660
  • Jeffreys, George, 1678-1755
  • Johnson, Charles, 1679-1748
  • Jones, John, fl.1635
  • Jonson, Ben, 1572?-1637
  • Kelly, Hugh, 1739-1777
  • Kelly, John (Timothy Scrubb), 1680?-1751
  • Kemble, Frances Anne, 1809-1893
  • Killigrew, Sir William, 1606-1695
  • King, William, d.1712
  • Knevet, Ralph, 1600-1671
  • Kyd, Thomas, 1558-1594
  • Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864
  • Lillo, George, 1693-1739
  • Lloyd, Robert, 1733-1764
  • Logan, John, 1748-1788
  • Lower, Sir William, 1600-1662
  • Lower, Sir William, c.1600-1662
  • Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797
  • Mallet, David, 1705?-1765
  • Manley, Mary de la Riviere, 1663-1724
  • Manuche, Cosmo, fl.1642-64
  • Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593
  • Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593, and William Bird and Samuel Rowley
  • Marmion, Shakerley, 1602-1639
  • Marston, John, 1576-1634
  • Marston, John Westland, 1819-1890
  • Mason, John, b.1581
  • Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640
  • May, Thomas, c.1595-1650
  • Mayne, Jasper, 1604-1672
  • Merivale, Herman Charles (Felix Dale) ,1839-1906
  • Merry, Robert, 1755-1798
  • Middleton, Thomas, 1580-1627
  • Middleton, Thomas, 1580-1627, and William Rowley
  • Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855
  • More, Hannah, 1745-1833
  • Motteux, Peter Anthony, 1663-1718
  • Mottley, John, 1692-1750
  • Mottley, John, 1692-1750, and Thomas Cooke
  • Mountfort, William, 1664-1692
  • Munday, Anthony, 1560-1633
  • Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805
  • Nabbes, Thomas, c.1605-1641
  • Newman, Thomas, fl.1627
  • Oldmixon, John, 1673-1742
  • Payne, Henry Nevil, d.c.1710
  • Peaps, William, fl.1649
  • Philips, Ambrose, 1674-1749
  • Philips, Katherine, 1632-1664
  • Philips, William, d.1734
  • Phillips, Stephen, 1864-1915
  • Pix, Mary, 1666-1720?
  • Planché, James Robinson, 1796-1880
  • Planché, James Robinson, 1796-1880, and Charles Dance
  • Porter, Thomas, 1636-1680
  • Powell, George, 1658?-1714
  • Powell, George, 1658?-1714, and John Verbruggen
  • Pye, Henry James, 1745-1813, and James Petit Andrews
  • Pye, Henry James, 1745-1813
  • Ralph, James, 1705?-1762
  • Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1636
  • Ravenscroft, Edward, c.1650-c.1700
  • Rawlins, Thomas, c.1618-1670
  • Reynolds, Frederick, 1764-1841
  • Reynolds, Henry, 1563?-1635?
  • Richards, Nathaniel, 1612?-1654
  • Rider, William, fl.1655
  • Rowley, Samuel, d.1624
  • Rowley, William, 1585?-1626
  • Sackville, Charles, 1643-1706, and Edmund Waller and Sir Charles Sedley and Sidney Godolphin and Sir Edward Filmer, Baron Buckhurst, 6th Earl of Dorset and 4th Earl of Middlesex
  • Sampson, William, c.1600
  • Scott, Thomas, fl.1697
  • Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724
  • Shadwell, Charles, d.1726
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, and John Fletcher
  • Sharpe, Lewis, fl.1640
  • Sheridan, Thomas, 1687-1738
  • Shirley, Henry, c.1594-1627
  • Shirley, James, 1596-1666
  • Shirley, William, fl.1765
  • Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771
  • Smollett, Tobias George, 1721-1771
  • Southerne, Thomas, 1659-1746
  • Stapylton, Sir Robert, 1605?-1669
  • Stephens, John, fl.1611-1617
  • Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784
  • Suckling, Sir John, 1609-1642
  • Swinhoe, Gilbert, fl.1658
  • T. D., fl.1639
  • T. R., fl.1654
  • Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon, 1795-1854
  • Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715
  • Tatham, John, 1610?-after1664
  • Tennant, William, 1784-1848
  • Theobald, Lewis, 1688-1744
  • Thompson, William, 1712-1767
  • Thomson, James, 1700-1748
  • Tomkis, Thomas, d.1634?
  • Trapp, Joseph, 1679-1747
  • Trotter, Catherine, 1679-1749
  • Webster, John, c.1580-c.1634
  • Whalley, Thomas Sedgwick, 1746-1828
  • Whitehead, William, 1715-1785
  • Willan, Leonard, fl.1649-1670
  • Wilmot, John, 2nd Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680
  • Wilson, John, 1627?-1696
  • Yarington, Robert, fl.1594-1601
  • Yearsley, Ann, 1756-1806
  • Young, Edward, 1683-1765
  • Zouche, Richard, 1590-1661