| 100% | COWARD | 6 | Author of the play "Blithe Spirit": Noel __ |
| 59% | SOPHOCLES | 9 | Ancient Greek author of the play Antigone |
| 58% | SARTRE | 6 | French author of the play No Exit, Jean-Paul __ |
| 57% | PETERSHAFFER | 12 | Author of the stage plays Equus and Amadeus |
| 55% | EDWARDALBEE | 11 | Author of the absurdist play "The Zoo Story": 2 wds. |
| 55% | SAMUELBECKETT | 13 | Author of the absurdist play "Waiting for Godot": 2 wds. |
| 55% | DAVIDMAMET | 10 | Author of the stage plays American Buffalo and Speed-the-Plow |
| 55% | ALLENDE | 7 | Isabel, Chilean author of The House of the Spirits |
| 54% | JOHNWHITING | 11 | Author of 1961 stage play The Devils |
| 54% | TOMSTOPPARD | 11 | Author of the absurdist play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": 2 wds. |
| 54% | JARRY | 5 | Alfred ---, author of the 1896 stage play play Ubu Roi |
| 54% | DUNN | 4 | Nell —, author of the stage plays Steaming and Cancer Tales |
| 54% | ADELE | 5 | & 3D Author of the novels Game Over and Playing Away |
| 54% | ANOUILH | 7 | Jean —, French author of the stage plays Antigone and Becket |
| 54% | ISABEL | 6 | ___ Allende, author of "The House of the Spirits" |
| 53% | OCASEY | 6 | Sean —, author of the stage play The Plough and the Stars |
| 53% | HARE | 4 | David —, author of the stage plays Gethsemane and The Vertical Hour |
| 53% | FRAYN | 5 | Michael —, author of the stage plays Alphabetical Order and Noises Off |
| 53% | NEILSIMON | 9 | Author of play and movie Barefoot in the Park |
| 52% | ALAN | 4 | Author of stage plays Allelujah! and The Habit of Art |
| 52% | BENTRAVERS | 10 | Author of stage plays Thark and The Bed Before Yesterday |
| 52% | ALLENDE | 7 | "The House of the Spirits" author |
| 52% | IBSEN | 5 | Henrik —, author of the stage plays Hedda Gabler and The League of Youth |
| 52% | ODETS | 5 | Clifford —, author of the stage plays Waiting for Lefty and Clash by Night |
| 52% | SNOOWILSON | 10 | Author of stage plays The Grass Widow and The Glad Hand |
| 51% | FARQUHAR | 8 | George —, author of 1707 stage play The Beaux' Stratagem |