| OSBORNE | John _, English dramatist (7) |
| WEBSTER | John ___, English dramatist; The White Devil (1612), The Duchess of Malfi (1613) etc. (7) |
| PINTER | Harold _; English dramatist (6) |
| OTWAY | Thomas ___, English dramatist; The Orphan (1680) |
| ROWLEY | William ___, English dramatist who collaborated with Thomas Middleton on The Changeling and A Fair Q |
| CONGREVE | William ___; English dramatist who wrote Love for Love and The Way of the World (8) |
| MARLOWE | Christopher ___, English dramatist stabbed to death in a tavern brawl in 1593; Doctor Faustus (c. 1590), The Jew of Malta (c. 1592) etc. (7) |
| FRAYN | Michael _, English dramatist whose plays include Noises Off (5) |
| DAVENANT | William ___, English dramatist and poet who succeeded Ben Jonson as Poet Laureate in 1638 (8) |
| SHAFFER | Peter _, English dramatist whose plays included Amadeus (1979) (7) |
| RUSSELL | Willy _, English dramatist whose works include 1980's Educating Rita (7) |
| GILBERT | William Schwenck ___, English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with Sir Arthur Sullivan |
| PINERO | Sir Arthur Wing ___, English dramatist whose works include Dandy Dick and The Second Mrs Tanqueray |
| VANBRUGH | Sir John _, English architect and dramatist who designed Blenheim Palace (8) |
| DRYDEN | John ___, English poet and dramatist born in 1631 whose plays include All for Love (6) |
| CLEESE | John _; English comic actor (6) |
| CLARE | John _; English poet (5) |
| CONSTABLE | John ___, English painter (9) |
| KEATS | John _; English poet (5) |
| WESLEY | John _; English preacher who founded Methodism (6) |