| 100% | HARE | 4 | David —, author of the stage plays Gethsemane and The Vertical Hour |
| 83% | HARE | 4 | David —, author of stage plays Gethsemane and The Vertical Hour |
| 59% | PETERSHAFFER | 12 | Author of the stage plays Equus and Amadeus |
| 57% | DUNN | 4 | Nell —, author of the stage plays Steaming and Cancer Tales |
| 57% | ANOUILH | 7 | Jean —, French author of the stage plays Antigone and Becket |
| 56% | MAMET | 5 | David —, author of stage plays American Buffalo and Speed-the-Plow |
| 55% | DON | 3 | & 21A US author of stage plays The Dark Hours and The Old Soak |
| 55% | DAVIDMAMET | 10 | Author of the stage plays American Buffalo and Speed-the-Plow |
| 55% | NEIL | 4 | & 14A Author of the stage plays Barefoot in the Park and The Dinner Party |
| 54% | OCASEY | 6 | Sean —, author of the stage play The Plough and the Stars |
| 54% | FRAYN | 5 | Michael —, author of the stage plays Alphabetical Order and Noises Off |
| 53% | IBSEN | 5 | Henrik —, author of the stage plays Hedda Gabler and The League of Youth |
| 53% | ODETS | 5 | Clifford —, author of the stage plays Waiting for Lefty and Clash by Night |
| 53% | MERCER | 6 | David —, author of stage plays After Haggerty and Flint |
| 53% | ORTON | 5 | Joe —, author of the stage plays What the Butler Saw and Entertaining Mr Sloane |
| 53% | GENET | 5 | Jean —, author of stage plays The Balcony and The Maids |
| 52% | TOLLER | 6 | Ernst —, German author of the stage plays Hoppla, We're Alive and The Blind Goddess |
| 52% | SHERIDAN | 8 | R B —, author of stage plays The Rivals and The Critic |
| 52% | BARNES | 6 | Peter —, author of stage plays Red Noses and The Ruling Class |
| 52% | HAMPTON | 7 | Christopher —, author of the stage plays Total Eclipse and When Did You Last See My Mother? |
| 52% | IBSEN | 5 | Henrik —, author of stage plays Hedda Gabler and The League of Youth |
| 52% | ALAN | 4 | Author of stage plays Allelujah! and The Habit of Art |
| 51% | BENJONSON | 9 | Author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 51% | MCPHERSON | 9 | Conor —, author of stage plays The Weir and Port Authority |
| 50% | ALAN | 4 | & 14D Author of stage plays Allelujah! and The Habit of Art |
| 50% | BENTRAVERS | 10 | Author of stage plays Thark and The Bed Before Yesterday |