Time before new Anglican dramatist (7)
I believe the answer is:
terence
'dramatist' is the definition.
(I know that Terence is a dramatist)
'time before new anglican' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'before' becomes 'ere' (poetic term).
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'anglican' becomes 'ce' (Church of England).
't'+'ere'+'n'+'ce'='TERENCE'
(Other definitions for terence that I've seen before include "Roman comic playwright" , "- Rattigan, playwright" , "old comic" , "A man" , "guy" .)