New Drama
- Edward Albee – The Death of Bessie Smith and The Sandbox (both first performed)
- Samuel Beckett – The Old Tune (first broadcast)
- Robert Bolt – A Man for All Seasons and The Tiger and the Horse
- Eugène Ionesco – Rhinoceros
- Harold Pinter – The Caretaker (first performed), The Room (first professional performance) and A Night Out (first broadcast)
- Terence Rattigan – Ross
- Wole Soyinka – A Dance of the Forests
- Tennessee Williams – Period of Adjustment
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