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As a result, audiences get a closer look at how plays develop, and both veteran and up-and-coming playwrights have an opportunity to further their work.
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Gqlshare, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2025
At necessary moments in my life, Tom Stoppard, the preeminent British playwright who died last Saturday, has popped up like one of his frenetic characters, spouting enigmatic lines and leaving me thrilled, confused, and somehow heartened.
—Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
There was a fugitive thrill in seeing a playwright, of all people, get rich and famous.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
And an exclusive playwright is a contradiction in terms.
—NPR, 30 Nov. 2025
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Gqlshare, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2025
At necessary moments in my life, Tom Stoppard, the preeminent British playwright who died last Saturday, has popped up like one of his frenetic characters, spouting enigmatic lines and leaving me thrilled, confused, and somehow heartened.
—Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
There was a fugitive thrill in seeing a playwright, of all people, get rich and famous.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
And an exclusive playwright is a contradiction in terms.
—NPR, 30 Nov. 2025
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playwright. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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playwright
noun
play·wright
ˈplā-ˌrīt 
: a person who writes plays
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