| ADMIRABLE | The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Crichton, comic play by JM Barrie (9) |
| IBSENSGHOST | Toole's Theatre was the venue in 1891 for this first successful play by JM Barrie (5'1,5) |
| PETERPAN | Children's play by JM Barrie (5,3) |
| BRACKNELL | Lady -; Gwendolen's mother in Oscar Wilde's comic play The Importance of Being Earnest (9) |
| NEVERLAND | Johnny Depp's JM Barrie biopic, Finding --------- (9) |
| GOLDSMITH | Irish writer of the comic play She Stoops to Conquer |
| SOUBRETTE | Role of a lady's maid in a comic play |
| ONEACTERS | Showing willingness, creates comic plays (3-6) |
| STREET | Quality ___, four-act comedy by JM Barrie (6) |
| PAN | Peter ___, story by JM Barrie (3) |
| SCHOOL | The ____ For Scandal, comic play by Sheridan first performed in 1777 (6) |
| BLITHE | ___ Spirit, comic play by Noel Coward which takes its title from Shelley's poem To a Skylark |
| STOOPS | She ____ to Conquer, comic play by Oliver Goldsmith first performed in 1773 (6) |
| HAYFEVER | Comic play by Noel Coward (3,5) |
| SHE | ___ Stoops to Conquer, comic play by Oliver Goldsmith (3) |
| SPIRIT | Blithe ___, comic play by NoA«l Coward (6) |
| BLITHESPIRIT | Comic play by Noel Coward |
| SHERIDAN | Dramatist who wrote the comic plays The Rivals and The School for Scandal (8) |
| WENDY | Girl's name popularised by JM Barrie's Peter Pan (5) |
| ROBBERY | "The Great Train ___" (Crichton novel and film) |