British attracted to authentic German playwright (6)
I believe the answer is:
brecht
'german playwright' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'british attracted to authentic' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'british' could be 'br' and 'br' is found in the answer.
'authentic' could be 'echt' (I've seen this before) and 'echt' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for brecht that I've seen before include "Berthold --, German dramatist" , "Bertolt ....., great German playwright of ''Mother Courage' '" , "German dramatist and librettist" , "German playwright, 1898-1956" , "Bertolt --, Ger. author" .)