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For the musical adaption, which is directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley, Broadway playwright Theresa Rebeck is adapting Kevin Wade’s 1988 screenplay for the stage.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
The major evidence for the former is a letter written by one of Marlowe’s enemies, along with a confession by the playwright Thomas Kyd that was made under torture.
—Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
Ladd was also distantly related to playwright Tennessee Williams.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
Teller took to heart the classic Greek playwright Aristophanes’ myth of love — that humans were born as a fusion of two bodies and later separated as punishment from the gods, only to spend their lives looking — and longing — for their other half.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
The major evidence for the former is a letter written by one of Marlowe’s enemies, along with a confession by the playwright Thomas Kyd that was made under torture.
—Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
Ladd was also distantly related to playwright Tennessee Williams.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
Teller took to heart the classic Greek playwright Aristophanes’ myth of love — that humans were born as a fusion of two bodies and later separated as punishment from the gods, only to spend their lives looking — and longing — for their other half.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playwright. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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playwright
noun
play·wright
ˈplā-ˌrīt 
: a person who writes plays
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