| WYCHERLEY | English dramatist noted for his Restoration comedy The Country Wife (9) |
| BREDA | In his Declaration of ___ (4 April 1660), Charles II made certain promises in return for his restoration to the English throne (5) |
| THOMASKYD | 16th-century English dramatist noted for his revenge play The Spanish Tragedy |
| VANBRUGH | Sir John, English dramatist whose plays include the Restoration comedy The Relapse (8) |
| CONGREVE | William, English dramatist noted for his play The Way Of The World (8) |
| RUSSELL | Willy, English dramatist noted for his plays Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine (7) |
| JOHNWEBSTER | English Jacobean dramatist noted for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess Of Malfi (4,7) |
| SYNGE | J. M., Irish dramatist noted for his play The Playboy Of The Western World (5) |
| BEAUMONT | Dramatist noted for his collaborations with John Fletcher such as The Woman Hater, Philaster and The Maid's Tragedy (8) |
| 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) |
| POTTER | Dennis, TV dramatist noted for his work The Singing Detective (6) |
| SIMON | Neil ***** , dramatist noted for his 1965 play 'The Odd Couple' (5) |
| OCASEY | Sean, Irish dramatist noted for his play Juno And The Paycock (6) |
| KUSHNER | Tony, U.S. author and dramatist noted for his play Angels In America (7) |
| ANOUILH | Jean ---, French dramatist noted for his classical adaptations |
| ORTON | Joe ___, dramatist noted for his play Entertaining Mr Sloane |
| MOLIERE | French dramatist noted for The Miser (7) |
| WENDY | ***** Wasserstein, dramatist noted for her play 'The Heidi Chronicles' (5) |
| DRYDEN | Dramatist who wrote the Restoration comedy Marriage a la Mode (6) |
| LOVEFORLOVE | 1695 Restoration comedy by English playwright William Congreve, featuring Sir Sampson Legend and his sons Valentine and Ben ( 4,3,4) |
