| JEANANOUILH | French playwright famous for Antigone, Becket, etc. (4,7) |
| MOLIERE | French playwright famous for Tartuffe and The Misanthrope |
| BERNARDSHAW | George --- ---, Irish playwright famous for works including Pygmalion (7,4) |
| CLIFFORD | Playwright famous for Waiting for Lefty, The Big Knife, The Country Girl, etc. (8,5) |
| ODETS | Playwright famous for Waiting for Lefty, The Big Knife, The Country Girl, etc. (8,5) |
| HELLMAN | Lillian -, playwright famous for The Little Foxes, etc. (7) |
| DELANEY | Playwright famous for A Taste of Honey, etc. (7,7) |
| SHELAGH | Playwright famous for A Taste of Honey, etc. (7,7) |
| DODIE | Playwright famous for Autumn Crocus, Dear Octopus etc. (5.5) |
| SMITH | Playwright famous for Autumn Crocus, Dear Octopus etc. (5.5) |
| PLANTAGENET | Royal house once featured in works by a French playwright (11) |
| OCASEY | Playwright famous for Juno and the Paycock, Cock-a-doodle Dandy, etc. (4,6) |
| SEAN | Playwright famous for Juno and the Paycock, Cock-a-doodle Dandy, etc. (4,6) |
| SHAW | George Bernard _, Irish playwright famous for works including Major Barbara (1905) |
| ONEILL | US playwright famous for Anna Christie and The Iceman Cometh (6,6) |
| EUGENE | US playwright famous for Anna Christie and The Iceman Cometh (6,6) |
| PETEROTOOLE | Becket actor |
| ANOUILH | Jean __, French playwright remembered for his adaptation of Antigone (1944) (7) |
| ROSTAND | Edmond, French playwright known for his verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac (7) |
| FEYDEAU | Georges ---, French playwright of the Belle Epoque, known for his many lively farces (7) |
