| BEAUMONT | Dramatist noted for his collaborations with John Fletcher such as The Woman Hater, Philaster and The Maid's Tragedy (8) |
| JOHNWEBSTER | English Jacobean dramatist noted for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess Of Malfi (4,7) |
| IVORY | Director noted for his collaborations with Ismail Merchant and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala such as the Academy Awardwinning film Howards End (5) |
| SHERRIFF | R. C. -; dramatist noted for his play Journey's End who also wrote the screenplays to The Invisible Man and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (8) |
| CONGREVE | William, English dramatist noted for his play The Way Of The World (8) |
| SYNGE | J. M., Irish dramatist noted for his play The Playboy Of The Western World (5) |
| OCASEY | Sean, Irish dramatist noted for his play Juno And The Paycock (6) |
| RICE | Tim -; lyricist noted for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber and also Elton John (4) |
| THOMASKYD | 16th-century English dramatist noted for his revenge play The Spanish Tragedy |
| RUSSELL | Willy, English dramatist noted for his plays Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine (7) |
| ANOUILH | Jean ___ (1910-87), French dramatist noted for his retellings of Greek myths, as in 1944's Antigone (7) |
| KUSHNER | Tony, U.S. author and dramatist noted for his play Angels In America (7) |
| EVANS | Gil, Canadian-U.S. jazz pianist and composer noted for his collaborations with Miles Davis (5) |
| RODGERS | Richard _, US composer of musicals noted for his collaborations with librettists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein ll (7) |
| KURTWEILL | (GKN) German-born US composer noted for his collaborations with playwright Bertolt Brecht; The Threepenny Opera (1928) |
| NICKLOWE | Singer-songwriter and musician born in 1949 noted for his collaborations with Elvis Costello (4,4) |
| WYCHERLEY | English dramatist noted for his Restoration comedy The Country Wife (9) |
| POTTER | Dennis, TV dramatist noted for his work The Singing Detective (6) |
| SIMON | Neil ***** , dramatist noted for his 1965 play 'The Odd Couple' (5) |
| ORTON | Joe ___, dramatist noted for his play Entertaining Mr Sloane |
