| 100% | BERKOFF | 7 | Steven —, actor and playwright whose verse plays include East and Greek |
| 40% | CANT | 4 | Brian —, actor and presenter whose credits include BBC TV series Play School and Play Away |
| 40% | EMLYN | 5 | & 22A Welsh actor-dramatist whose stage plays include Night Must Fall and The Corn Is Green |
| 37% | EDGAR | 5 | David —, playwright whose stage works include Maydays and Pentecost |
| 36% | DAVENANT | 8 | William —, poet and playwright whose stage works include The Platonick Lovers |
| 35% | NOELCOWARD | 10 | Playwright whose stage works include Present Laughter and Design for Living |
| 35% | LIVINGS | 7 | Henry —, British dramatist whose stage plays include Eh? and Nil Carborundum |
| 34% | BELASCO | 7 | David —, US impresario and playwright whose works include Adrea, Mima and Fanny |
| 34% | PLUTARCH | 8 | Greek historian and biographer whose works include Moralia |
| 34% | BLAIR | 5 | Lionel —, actor and choreographer whose television credits include Give Us a Clue and Name that Tune |
| 33% | KEEFFE | 6 | Barrie —, playwright whose stage works include Bastard Angel and Not Fade Away |
| 33% | BRECHT | 6 | Bertolt —, dramatist whose stage plays include Mr Puntila and his Man Matti |
| 33% | SOPHOCLES | 9 | Greek dramatist whose works include Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus |
| 33% | CHESS | 5 | Game whose playing pieces include queens and pawns |
| 33% | WEBB | 4 | Robert —, actor and comedian whose credits include The Smoking Room and Peep Show |
| 33% | JOHNANTROBUS | 12 | Playwright whose works include Captain Oates' Left Sock and Why Bournemouth? |
| 33% | KEMBLE | 6 | Fanny —, 19th-century English stage actress and playwright whose works include Francis the First |
| 32% | TWELFTH | 7 | & 7A William Shakespeare play whose characters include Valentine and Curio |
| 32% | TWELFTH | 7 | & 4D William Shakespeare play whose characters include Valentine and Curio |
| 32% | JOHNSAVAGE | 10 | Actor whose roles have included Steven in 1978 film drama The Deer Hunter |
| 32% | GARRY | 5 | & 5D Actor and writer whose roles included Senator Stern in 2010 action film Iron Man 2 |
| 31% | ANTROBUS | 8 | John —, playwright whose works include Captain Oates' Left Sock and Why Bournemouth? |
| 31% | STRINDBERG | 10 | August —, Swedish playwright whose works include The Ghost Sonata and Miss Julie |
| 31% | GIRAUDOUX | 9 | Jean —, French writer whose plays include The Madwoman of Chaillot and Ondine |
| 31% | ADRASTUS | 8 | King of Argos in Greek legend whose children included Deipyle and Aegialeus |
| 31% | BURR | 4 | Raymond —, Canadian actor whose television roles included Perry Mason and Robert Ironside |