playwriting

[pley-rahy-ting]

noun

1. the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.

Word History and Origins

Origin of playwriting¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; play + writing

Example Sentences

There will also be a premiere for the winner of this year's Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, Shooters by Tolu Okanlawon, about real-life African-American photojournalist Gordon Parks; plus a production of Tony-winning musical Fun Home; and revivals of Noel Coward's Private Lives and Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music.

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Victor, grew up in San Francisco and studied playwriting and acting at Northwestern University, moving to New York City after graduation with ambitions to work as a staffer on a late-night talk show.

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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Purpose,” which received the Pulitzer Prize for drama this year, was chosen as best play in a season showcasing a refreshingly wide range of ambitious playwriting.

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But in one of the strongest playwriting categories in years, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ ‘Purpose’ deserves to win.

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In the final third of this “Hamlet,” O’Hara takes the playwriting reins from Shakespeare and invents a novel character, Detective Fortinbras, a gumshoe fixer in a trench coat, who comes in to investigate the tragedy’s spree of fatalities.

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