| 100% | TOLLER | 6 | Ernst —, German author of the stage plays Hoppla, We're Alive and The Blind Goddess |
| 45% | NEIL | 4 | & 14A Author of the stage plays Barefoot in the Park and The Dinner Party |
| 44% | PETERSHAFFER | 12 | Author of the stage plays Equus and Amadeus |
| 44% | DON | 3 | & 21A US author of stage plays The Dark Hours and The Old Soak |
| 43% | DAVIDMAMET | 10 | Author of the stage plays American Buffalo and Speed-the-Plow |
| 43% | ORTON | 5 | Joe —, author of the stage plays What the Butler Saw and Entertaining Mr Sloane |
| 43% | DUNN | 4 | Nell —, author of the stage plays Steaming and Cancer Tales |
| 43% | ANOUILH | 7 | Jean —, French author of the stage plays Antigone and Becket |
| 43% | OCASEY | 6 | Sean —, author of the stage play The Plough and the Stars |
| 43% | HARE | 4 | David —, author of the stage plays Gethsemane and The Vertical Hour |
| 43% | FRAYN | 5 | Michael —, author of the stage plays Alphabetical Order and Noises Off |
| 42% | IBSEN | 5 | Henrik —, author of the stage plays Hedda Gabler and The League of Youth |
| 42% | ODETS | 5 | Clifford —, author of the stage plays Waiting for Lefty and Clash by Night |
| 41% | HAMPTON | 7 | Christopher —, author of the stage plays Total Eclipse and When Did You Last See My Mother? |
| 39% | GOETHE | 6 | Johann Wolfgang von —, German author of stage plays Egmont and Clavigo |
| 39% | ALAN | 4 | Author of stage plays Allelujah! and The Habit of Art |
| 39% | BENTRAVERS | 10 | Author of stage plays Thark and The Bed Before Yesterday |
| 39% | GORKY | 5 | Maxim —, author of stage plays The Lower Depths and Children of the Sun |
| 39% | SNOOWILSON | 10 | Author of stage plays The Grass Widow and The Glad Hand |
| 39% | WESKER | 6 | Arnold —, author of stage plays Roots and The Kitchen |
| 38% | BENJONSON | 9 | Author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 38% | GENET | 5 | Jean —, author of stage plays The Balcony and The Maids |
| 38% | MCPHERSON | 9 | Conor —, author of stage plays The Weir and Port Authority |
| 38% | SCHNITZLER | 10 | Arthur —, author of stage plays Reigen and The Green Cockatoo |