| PETEROTOOLE | Irish actor famed for a critically roasted performance as Macbeth at the Old Vic in 1980 which artistic director Timothy West disowned (5,6) |
| OSCARSNUB | Disappointing awards season outcome for a critically successful movie |
| JULIAN | Free-spirited actor famed for A Room With A View (6,5) |
| SANDS | Free-spirited actor famed for A Room With A View (6,5) |
| JULIANSANDS | Late actor famed for A Room With A View (6,5) |
| THANE | Noble rank of Shakespeare's Macbeth at the play's start |
| THANEOFGLAMIS | Macbeth at the play's opening |
| KINGLEAR | Glenda Jackson played this royal with scheming daughters in 2016 at The Old Vic and in 2019 on Broadway |
| LILIANBAYLIS | Who was a theatrical manager and the founder of the Old Vic as a centre of Shakespearean productions? |
| GUTHRIE | Sir Tyrone, producer of many successful Shakespearean plays at the Old Vic during the 1930s (7) |
| SAFETYCURTAIN | A nasty fire cut off -- by this at the Old Vic? (6,7) |
| TRALEE | Largest town in County Kerry, famed for a contest in which Ireland's 32 counties each enter a competitor (6) |
| QUEUE | Line at the Old Vic |
| BEER | What they serve in pints in the Queen Vic in Walford and the Woolpack in the Dales (4) |
| PUB | Establishment such as the Dog in the Pond in Hollyoaks and the Vic in EastEnders (3) |
| PANKAJ | Veteran actor known for his recent role in a critically acclaimed web series-Thode Door Thode Paas (First name) (6) |
| THEATRE | Dine close to actor in the Old Vic, maybe (7) |
| WATERLOO | The Old Vic and Young Vic theatres are in this London district |
| LILIAN | Theatrical producer born in 1874 associated with the Old Vic and Sadler's Wells theatres (6,6) |
| BAYLIS | Theatrical producer born in 1874 associated with the Old Vic and Sadler's Wells theatres (6,6) |
