| GORKY | Russian writer of the play The Lower Depths (5) |
| MAXIMGORKY | Author of the plays The Lower Depths and Children Of The Sun (5,5) |
| GRETCHEN | In Goethe's play, the lower-class girl seduced by Faust (8) |
| ANTONCHEKHOV | Russian writer of the play Uncle Vanya: 2 wds. |
| BORISPASTERNAK | Russian writer of the novel Doctor Zhivago: 2 wds. |
| IVANTURGENEV | Russian writer of the novel Fathers and Sons: 2 wds. |
| GORKI | Russian author of The Lower Depths, Maxim ..... (alt. spelling) (5) |
| MAXIM | ___ Gorky, Russian author of The Lower Depths (5) |
| BEHAN | Brendan _, Irish writer of the play The Quare Fellow (1954) |
| GOGOL | Russian author of the novel Dead Souls (5) |
| IBSEN | Writer of the play Hedda Gabler (5) |
| SYNGE | J.M., author of the play The Playboy of the Western World (5) |
| ORTON | 1960s writer of the plays Loot and What the Butler Saw |
| FRAYN | Writer of the plays Noises Off and Copenhagen |
| ALBEE | Edward, author of the play The Zoo Story (5) |
| SIMON | Neil, author of the play The Sunshine Boys (5) |
| ATHOL | Mr. Fugard, author of the play The Road to Mecca (5) |
| YEATS | W.B., author of the play The Countess Cathleen (5) |
| ANTON | Mr. Chekhov, author of the play The Seagull (5) |
| GENET | Jean, author of the plays The Maids and The Balcony (5) |
