| 100% | GENET | 5 | Jean —, author of stage plays The Balcony and The Maids |
| 66% | ANOUILH | 7 | Jean —, French author of the stage plays Antigone and Becket |
| 65% | SHERIDAN | 8 | R B —, author of stage plays The Rivals and The Critic |
| 63% | BENJONSON | 9 | Author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 63% | MCPHERSON | 9 | Conor —, author of stage plays The Weir and Port Authority |
| 62% | BARNES | 6 | Peter —, author of stage plays Red Noses and The Ruling Class |
| 62% | IBSEN | 5 | Henrik —, author of stage plays Hedda Gabler and The League of Youth |
| 62% | ALAN | 4 | Author of stage plays Allelujah! and The Habit of Art |
| 61% | JONSON | 6 | Ben —, author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 61% | SNOOWILSON | 10 | Author of stage plays The Grass Widow and The Glad Hand |
| 60% | ALAN | 4 | & 14D Author of stage plays Allelujah! and The Habit of Art |
| 60% | GRAY | 4 | Simon —, author of stage plays The Common Pursuit and Cell Mates |
| 59% | BENTRAVERS | 10 | Author of stage plays Thark and The Bed Before Yesterday |
| 59% | GORKY | 5 | Maxim —, author of stage plays The Lower Depths and Children of the Sun |
| 59% | WEBSTER | 7 | John —, author of stage plays The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi |
| 59% | DON | 3 | & 21A US author of stage plays The Dark Hours and The Old Soak |
| 59% | WESKER | 6 | Arnold —, author of stage plays Roots and The Kitchen |
| 58% | SCHNITZLER | 10 | Arthur —, author of stage plays Reigen and The Green Cockatoo |
| 58% | HARE | 4 | David —, author of stage plays Gethsemane and The Vertical Hour |
| 58% | PETERSHAFFER | 12 | Author of the stage plays Equus and Amadeus |
| 58% | PINERO | 6 | Arthur Wing —, author of stage plays The Gay Lord Quex and The Second Mrs Tanqueray |
| 58% | DURRENMATT | 10 | Friedrich —, author of stage plays Romulus the Great and The Visit |
| 58% | HARE | 4 | David —, author of the stage plays Gethsemane and The Vertical Hour |
| 58% | KLEIST | 6 | Heinrich von —, author of stage plays Penthesilea and The Broken Pitcher |
| 58% | TRAVERS | 7 | Ben —, author of stage plays Thark and The Bed Before Yesterday |
| 58% | ORCZY | 5 | Baroness Emma —, author of stage play and novel The Scarlet Pimpernel |