Play-maker, current in Peru side, taken out (9)
I believe the answer is:
euripides
'play-maker' is the definition.
(ancient Greek playwright)
'current in peru side taken out' is the wordplay.
'current' becomes 'i' (symbol for electric current).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'taken out' indicates an anagram.
'peru'+'side'='peruside'
'peruside' anagrammed gives 'euripdes'.
'i' inserted into 'euripdes' is 'EURIPIDES'.
(Other definitions for euripides that I've seen before include "Greek dramatist - rise up, die (anag)" , "Ancient Greek dramatist" , "playmaker" , "old dramatist" , "Gk. tragedian, wrote Medea" .)