playwright
a writer of plays; dramatist.
Origin of playwright
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How to use playwright in a sentence
I think most playwrights draw heavily from their own experiences.
Into the Grindr of the Gay Dating Game: Sex, Death, and Aging in ‘Stealing Sam’ | Tim Teeman | September 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is more true of her than of many other playwrights, particularly in this play.
The Laboratory of Real Life in Caryl Churchill’s “Love and Information” | Liesl Schillinger | February 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe is one of the most performed European playwrights alive, with more than 900 productions staged in more than 40 languages.
Nobel Literature Prize Favorites for Dummies, According to the Bookies | Jimmy So | October 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI do intend to do the thing that British playwrights do, and that is try and do a play every year or two.
As for us, we started out playwrights, and now we live and breathe television in sunny Californ-i-yay.
I believe I can pick out all these playwrights by a reference to their recitation papers.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonBut the closest examination no longer will reveal traces of that playwrights distinctive handiwork, while a ratio of 17 per cent.
The Fatal Dowry | Philip MassingerTaking the intrigue of Latin comedy for their ground material, these playwrights adapted it to conditions of Italian society.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first | Count Carlo GozziAnd I should like to suggest also that to the playwrights of that theater there were open many and great opportunities.
How Shakspere Came to Write the Tempest | Rudyard KiplingBut as time went on Punch was even more preoccupied with the experiments and achievements of native playwrights.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV. | Charles L. Graves
British Dictionary definitions for playwright
/ (ˈpleɪˌraɪt) /
a person who writes plays
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