| 100% | RATTIGAN | 8 | Terence —, author of stage plays French Without Tears and Separate Tables |
| 43% | ALAN | 4 | Author of stage plays Allelujah! and The Habit of Art |
| 43% | BENTRAVERS | 10 | Author of stage plays Thark and The Bed Before Yesterday |
| 43% | STOPPARD | 8 | Tom —, author of stage plays Jumpers and Travesties |
| 43% | BUTTERWORTH | 11 | Jez —, author of stage plays Mojo and Jerusalem |
| 43% | SHAFFER | 7 | Peter —, author of stage plays Equus and Amadeus |
| 42% | WESKER | 6 | Arnold —, author of stage plays Roots and The Kitchen |
| 42% | BECKETT | 7 | Samuel —, author of stage plays Not I and Breath |
| 42% | DUNN | 4 | Nell —, author of stage plays Steaming and Cancer Tales |
| 42% | MERCER | 6 | David —, author of stage plays After Haggerty and Flint |
| 42% | BENJONSON | 9 | Author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 42% | FRAYN | 5 | Michael —, author of stage plays Alphabetical Order and Noises Off |
| 42% | MCPHERSON | 9 | Conor —, author of stage plays The Weir and Port Authority |
| 42% | SCHNITZLER | 10 | Arthur —, author of stage plays Reigen and The Green Cockatoo |
| 42% | GENET | 5 | Jean —, author of stage plays The Balcony and The Maids |
| 42% | HARE | 4 | David —, author of stage plays Gethsemane and The Vertical Hour |
| 41% | ALAN | 4 | & 14D Author of stage plays Allelujah! and The Habit of Art |
| 41% | MAMET | 5 | David —, author of stage plays American Buffalo and Speed-the-Plow |
| 41% | CRISP | 5 | N J —, author of stage plays Dangerous Obsession and Fighting Chance |
| 41% | KLEIST | 6 | Heinrich von —, author of stage plays Penthesilea and The Broken Pitcher |
| 41% | TRAVERS | 7 | Ben —, author of stage plays Thark and The Bed Before Yesterday |
| 41% | FRIEL | 5 | Brian —, author of stage plays Making History and Dancing at Lughnasa |
| 41% | GOETHE | 6 | Johann Wolfgang von —, German author of stage plays Egmont and Clavigo |
| 41% | BARNES | 6 | Peter —, author of stage plays Red Noses and The Ruling Class |
| 41% | SHERIDAN | 8 | R B —, author of stage plays The Rivals and The Critic |
| 41% | DAVID | 5 | & 18D Author of stage plays American Buffalo and Speed-the-Plow |
| 41% | ORCZY | 5 | Baroness Emma —, author of stage play and novel The Scarlet Pimpernel |