Segue un elenco di alcuni esponenti di spicco del teatro elisabettiano:
Autori thumb|Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
William Alabaster William Alley Robert Armin Thomas Ashton Francis Beaumont Samuel Brandon George Chapman Henry Chettle Samuel Daniel John Day Thomas Dekker Michael Drayton Richard Edwardes John Fletcher John Ford Abraham Fraunce Ulpian Fulwell Thomas Garter George Gascoigne Thomas Goffe Arthur Golding Robert Greene Richard Hathwaye William Haughton Thomas Heywood Thomas Hughes Ben Jonson Thomas Kyd Thomas Legge Thomas Lodge Thomas Lupton John Lyly Christopher Marlowe John Marston Philip Massinger Thomas Middleton Anthony Munday Thomas Nashe Thomas Norton George Peele John Phillip John Pickering Henry Porter Thomas Preston William Rankins Samuel Rowley William Rowley Thomas Sackville William Shakespeare James Shirley Philip Sidney Wentworth Smith John Webster
Lista di attori thumb|Edward Alleyn (1566-1626)
Edward Alleyn Robert Armin Christopher Beeston Richard Burbage Henry Condell Nathan Field John Heminges Thomas Heywood Will Kempe William Rowley William Shakespeare Richard Tarlton
Altre personalità George Buc, Master of the Revels 1609 - 1622 Cuthbert Burbage, impresario James Burbage, impresario Philip Henslowe, impresario Francis Langley, impresario Edmund Tilney, Master of the Revels 1579 - 1609