Answer playwright in Speech on the Beach (6)
I believe the answer is:
ashore
'on the beach' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'answer playwright in speech' is the wordplay.
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'playwright' becomes 'shaw' (George Bernard Shaw).
'in speech' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'shaw' sounds like 'shore'.
'a'+'shore'='ASHORE'
(Other definitions for ashore that I've seen before include "On(to) dry land" , "Onto land (from the water)" , "Going on land from sea" , "Returned to land" , "beach" .)