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