| STRINDBERG | August, author of the play The Ghost Sonata (10) |
| MAXIMGORKY | Author of the plays The Lower Depths and Children Of The Sun (5,5) |
| ARNOLDRIDLEY | Author of the play The Ghost Train who later played Private Godfrey in Dad's Army |
| CONSCIENCE | "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the - of the king" Shakespeare (Hamlet) (10) |
| BURGOYNE | John --, British general in the American Revolutionary War, and author of the play 'The Maid of the Oaks' (8) |
| OSCARWILDE | Irish writer who wrote the play The Importance Of Being Earnest (5,5) |
| SYNGE | J.M., author of the play The Playboy of the Western World (5) |
| WEBSTER | John, author of the play The Duchess of Malfi (7) |
| ORTON | Joe --, author of the play 'The Ruffian On the Stair' (5) |
| GIRAUDOUX | Jean, French author of the play The Madwoman of Chaillot (9) |
| OCASEY | Sean, author of the play The Shadow of a Gunman (6) |
| AUGUSTSTRINDBERG | Swedish dramatist and novelist whose plays include Miss Julie and The Ghost Sonata (6,10) |
| FRAYN | Michael -; author of the plays The Two of Us and Noises Off and novels including The Tin Men, Sweet Dreams, Headlong and Spies (5) |
| GRAY | Simon, author of the play The Common Pursuit (4) |
| PINERO | Arthur Wing, author of the play The Second Mrs Tanqueray (6) |
| ALBEE | Edward, author of the play The Zoo Story (5) |
| ATHOLFUGARD | South African author of the play The Blood Knot (5,6) |
| BEHAN | Brendan, Irish author of the play The Quare Fellow (5) |
| SCHILLER | Johann, German author of the play The Robbers (8) |
| CHRISTIE | Agatha, author of the play The Mousetrap (8) |
