| 100% | MARLOWE | 7 | Christopher —, poet and dramatist who authored stage plays The Jew of Malta and Edward II |
| 45% | SCHILLER | 8 | Friedrich —, German poet who authored stage plays The Robbers and Maria Stuart |
| 42% | BENJONSON | 9 | Author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 41% | JONSON | 6 | Ben —, author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 41% | MENANDER | 8 | Greek poet and comic dramatist who authored stage play Dyskolos |
| 40% | HAMPTON | 7 | Christopher —, author of the stage plays Total Eclipse and When Did You Last See My Mother? |
| 38% | EURIPIDES | 9 | Greek tragic dramatist who authored the plays Medea and Hecuba |
| 37% | SNOOWILSON | 10 | Author of stage plays The Grass Widow and The Glad Hand |
| 36% | GENET | 5 | Jean —, author of stage plays The Balcony and The Maids |
| 36% | MCPHERSON | 9 | Conor —, author of stage plays The Weir and Port Authority |
| 36% | PETERSHAFFER | 12 | Author of the stage plays Equus and Amadeus |
| 36% | PINERO | 6 | Arthur Wing —, author of stage plays The Gay Lord Quex and The Second Mrs Tanqueray |
| 36% | OCASEY | 6 | Sean —, author of the stage play The Plough and the Stars |
| 36% | SHERIDAN | 8 | R B —, author of stage plays The Rivals and The Critic |
| 36% | GRAY | 4 | Simon —, author of stage plays The Common Pursuit and Cell Mates |
| 36% | OSBORNE | 7 | John —, author of stage plays Look Back in Anger and The Entertainer |
| 36% | STEPHEN | 7 | & 24A Author of stage plays Shout Across the River and Strawberry Fields |
| 36% | ALAN | 4 | Author of stage plays Allelujah! and The Habit of Art |
| 36% | BENTRAVERS | 10 | Author of stage plays Thark and The Bed Before Yesterday |
| 35% | GORKY | 5 | Maxim —, author of stage plays The Lower Depths and Children of the Sun |
| 35% | WEBSTER | 7 | John —, author of stage plays The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi |
| 35% | DON | 3 | & 21A US author of stage plays The Dark Hours and The Old Soak |
| 35% | NEIL | 4 | & 12D Author of stage plays Barefoot in the Park and The Dinner Party |
| 35% | ORTON | 5 | Joe —, author of stage plays What the Butler Saw and Entertaining Mr Sloane |
| 35% | DAVIDMAMET | 10 | Author of the stage plays American Buffalo and Speed-the-Plow |