| 100% | SCHILLER | 8 | Friedrich —, German poet who authored stage plays The Robbers and Maria Stuart |
| 46% | MARLOWE | 7 | Christopher —, poet and dramatist who authored stage plays The Jew of Malta and Edward II |
| 42% | BENJONSON | 9 | Author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 40% | GOETHE | 6 | Johann Wolfgang von —, German writer who authored stage plays Egmont and Clavigo |
| 40% | MENANDER | 8 | Greek poet and comic dramatist who authored stage play Dyskolos |
| 38% | JONSON | 6 | Ben —, author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 37% | DURRENMATT | 10 | Friedrich —, author of stage plays Romulus the Great and The Visit |
| 37% | LORCA | 5 | Federico Garcia —, Spanish poet who authored 1934 stage play Yerma |
| 37% | LORCA | 5 | Federico Garcia -, Spanish poet who authored 1934 stage play Yerma |
| 36% | JOHN | 4 | English poet who authored volumes The Rural Muse and The Village Minstrel |
| 35% | EURIPIDES | 9 | Greek tragic dramatist who authored the plays Medea and Hecuba |
| 34% | SNOOWILSON | 10 | Author of stage plays The Grass Widow and The Glad Hand |
| 34% | RUMI | 4 | Celebrated Persian poet who authored "Masnavi" and is considered to be one of the most widely read poets |
| 33% | TASSO | 5 | Italian poet who was the subject of a Goethe play and a Donizetti opera |
| 33% | ALAN | 4 | Author of stage plays Allelujah! and The Habit of Art |
| 33% | BENTRAVERS | 10 | Author of stage plays Thark and The Bed Before Yesterday |
| 33% | PETERSHAFFER | 12 | Author of the stage plays Equus and Amadeus |
| 33% | TOLLER | 6 | Ernst —, German author of the stage plays Hoppla, We're Alive and The Blind Goddess |
| 32% | GENET | 5 | Jean —, author of stage plays The Balcony and The Maids |
| 32% | MCPHERSON | 9 | Conor —, author of stage plays The Weir and Port Authority |
| 32% | DAVIDMAMET | 10 | Author of the stage plays American Buffalo and Speed-the-Plow |
| 31% | SHERIDAN | 8 | R B —, author of stage plays The Rivals and The Critic |
| 31% | OCASEY | 6 | Sean —, author of the stage play The Plough and the Stars |