| LATOSCA | Five-act drama by Victorien Sardou, adapted for opera by Puccini |
| ONEGIN | Eugene ____, novel by Alexander Pushkin later adapted for opera (6) |
| STRONGER | 'The -', 1889 one-act drama by Strindberg (8) |
| THESTRONGER | 1889 one-act drama by August Strindberg (3,8) |
| PLAY | One act drama by Samuel Beckett first published in English in 1964 (4) |
| TOSCA | Opera by Puccini based on a play by Victorien Sardou |
| LAHAINE | 1874 play by Victorien Sardou for which Jacques Offenbach wrote incidental music |
| FEDORA | Style of brimmed hat named after a play written by Victorien Sardou for Sarah Bernhardt (6) |
| MANON | Five-act opera by Jules Massenet first produced in 1884 |
| ORFEO | Five-act opera by Monteverdi, composed in 1607 (5) |
| IVANOV | Four-act drama written by Russian playwright Anton Chekov (6) |
| PEER | Five-act play in verse by Henrik Ibsen, published in 1867 (4,4) |
| GYNT | Five-act play in verse by Henrik Ibsen, published in 1867 (4,4) |
| MEYERBEER | German-born composer whose five-act opera Les Huguenots was first performed in 1836 (9) |
| PEERGYNT | Five-act verse play by Henrik Ibsen (4,4) |
| RIENZI | Opera in five acts by Richard Wagner (6) |
| GLINKA | Russian composer of the 5-act 1836 opera A Life for the Tsar (6) |
| FAUST | 5-act Gounod opera that premiered in 1859 (5) |
| PHEDRE | French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine (6) |
| SARDOU | Victorien who wrote "La Tosca," on which the Puccini opera is based |
