playwright
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of playwright
Example Sentences
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Siena Foster-Soltis, playwright: Taix felt like one of the few remnants of the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
What is a “moth day”? Maybe I will borrow from Mr. Shawn, an otherwise often-cryptic playwright, and just say that it’s not a synonym for birthday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
His performance in Horton Foote's one-act play The Midnight Caller led the playwright to recommend him for the role of Boo Radley in the 1962 film version of To Kill a Mockingbird.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
Instead, the artwork reflects a different telling of the Trojan War that was made famous by the Greek playwright Aeschylus.
From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2026
In England, it was the playwright Aphra Behn who translated Fontenelle and the poet Elizabeth Carter who translated Algarotti, so the female audience was more than fictional.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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