| WEBSTER | John ___, English dramatist; The White Devil (1612), The Duchess of Malfi (1613) etc. (7) |
| OSBORNE | John _, English dramatist (7) |
| OTWAY | Thomas ___, English dramatist; The Orphan (1680), Venice Preserv'd (1682) etc. (5) |
| JOHNWEBSTER | English Jacobean dramatist noted for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess Of Malfi (4,7) |
| DUCHESS | The ___ Of Malfi, Jacobean revenge tragedy by English dramatist John Webster (7) |
| MARLOWE | Christopher ___, English dramatist stabbed to death in a tavern brawl in 1593; Doctor Faustus (c. 1590), The Jew of Malta (c. 1592) etc. (7) |
| ROMANOV | Imperial dynasty that ruled Russia from the accession of Michael I (1613) (7) |
| RUSSELL | Willy _, English dramatist whose works include 1980's Educating Rita (7) |
| SHAFFER | Peter _, English dramatist whose plays included Amadeus (1979) (7) |
| GILBERT | William Schwenck ___, English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with Sir Arthur Sullivan |
| CHEKHOV | Anton -, dramatist (The Cherry Orchard) |
| CORDOBA | In which city in central Argentina was a university founded in 1613? (7) |
| EXITS | 'I know death hath ten thousand several doors/ For men to take their ___' (John Webster The Duchess of Malfi (1623) act 2 sc 5 |
| FAIRFAX | Thomas ___ (1612-71) |
| ROBERT | Secretary of State of England, 1596-1612, who became the first Earl of Salisbury (6) |
| CECIL | Secretary of State of England, 1596-1612, who became the first Earl of Salisbury (5) |
| CONGREVE | William ___; English dramatist who wrote Love for Love and The Way of the World (8) |
| EURIPIDES | Fifth-century BC dramatist, the third of the three great Greek tragedians (9) |
| COWARDICE | Fear of giving the dramatist the diamonds (9) |
| THOMASKYD | Elizabethan dramatist, the author of The Spanish Tragedy (6,3) |
