| 编剧 | biān jù | to write a play / scenario / dramatist / screenwriter |   |
| 戏剧家 | xì jù jiā | dramatist / playwright | |
| 席勒 | Xí lè | Schiller (name) / Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller or Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist | |
| 萧伯纳 | Xiāo bó nà | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer | |
| 李渔 | Lǐ Yú | Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist | |
| 关汉卿 | Guān Hàn qīng | Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 / tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家 | |
| 汤显祖 | Tāng Xiǎn zǔ | Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion 牡丹亭[Mu3 dan5 Ting2] | |
| 易卜生 | Yì bǔ shēng | Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian dramatist, author of Doll's House 玩偶之家 | |
| 马致远 | Mǎ Zhì yuǎn | Ma Zhiyuan (c. 1250-1321), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧[za2 ju4] tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan Dramatists 元曲四大家[Yuan2 qu3 Si4 Da4 jia1] | |
| 拉辛 | Lā xīn | Jean Racine (1639-1699), French dramatist | |
| 果戈里 | Guǒ gē lǐ | Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), Russian author and dramatist | |
| 曹禺 | Cáo Yú | Cao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist | |
| 孔尚任 | Kǒng Shàng rèn | Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇[Tao2 hua1 Shan4] | |
| 老舍 | Lǎo Shě | Lao She (1899-1966), Chinese novelist and dramatist | |
| 俄狄浦斯 | E2 dí pǔ sī | Oedipus, hero of tragedy by Athenian dramatist Sophocles | |
| 凌濛初 | líng méng chū | Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist / also written 凌蒙初|凌蒙初 | |
| 凌蒙初 | Líng Méng chū | Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist / also written 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1] | |
| 柳毅传 | Liǔ Yì zhuàn | story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties | |
| 梁辰鱼 | Liáng Chén yú | Liang Chenyu (1521-1594), Ming dramatist of the Kunshan opera school | |
| 白朴 | Bái Pǔ | Bai Pu (1226-1306), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 / tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家 | |
| 袁静 | Yuán Jìng | Yuan Jing (1911-1999), writer, dramatist and film critic | |
| 郑光祖 | Zhèng Guāng zǔ | Zheng Guangzu, Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 / tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家 | |
| 弗里德里希・席勒 | Fú lǐ dé lǐ xī · Xí lè | Friedrich Schiller or Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist | |
| 赖声川 | Lài Shēng chuān | Lai Shengchuan (1954-), US-Taiwanese dramatist and director | |
| 马雅可夫斯基 | Mǎ yǎ kě fū sī jī | Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930), Russian poet and dramatist | |
| 弗里德里希·席勒 | Fú lǐ dé lǐ xī · Xí lè | Friedrich Schiller or Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist | |
