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List of Best British Playwrights

This is a ranking list of british playwrights. Only top dozen Best British Playwrights, according to different criteria, are presented. The ranking is in particular based on the number of occurences of each british playwright in web pages, news, pictures and people votes in corresponding context.

Overall popularity

Rank	Score	Item
1.	531	Harold Pinter
2.	105	Tom Stoppard
3.	94	Alan Ayckbourn
4.	77	Noel Coward
5.	56	David Hare
6.	47	Peter Shaffer
7.	46	Caryl Churchill
8.	45	Michael Frayn
9.	45	Terence Rattigan
10.	45	John Osborne
11.	44	Howard Brenton
12.	44	Arnold Wesker

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Popularity on the Web

Score		Item
11597		Harold Pinter
9423		Tom Stoppard
7617		Noel Coward
5312		David Hare
3754		Peter Shaffer
3425		Edward Bond
3348		Alan Ayckbourn
3065		John Osborne
3005		Caryl Churchill
2917		David Edgar
2700		Michael Frayn
2262		Sarah Kane

Popularity in the news

Score		Item
15		Harold Pinter
8		Noel Coward
7		Tom Stoppard
4		David Hare
2		Robert Bolt
2		Ben Elton
2		Michael Frayn
1		Jim Allen
1		Alan Ayckbourn
1		Howard Barker
1		Caryl Churchill
1		Sarah Kane

Popularity in pictures

Score		Item
68		Harold Pinter
23		Noel Coward
18		David Hare
15		Alan Ayckbourn
8		Sarah Kane
8		Tom Stoppard
6		Michael Frayn
6		David Greig
6		John Osborne
6		J. B. Priestley
5		J. M. Barrie
5		Caryl Churchill