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On Instagram on Thursday, McBee posted a pair of quotes, one from President Theodore Roosevelt and the other from playwright William Shakespeare.
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Set after the attacks of October 7, Y (played with slapstick elasticity by poet and playwright Ariel Bronz) pimps himself out for wild, debaucherous parties while the world burns.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
The Irish poet-novelist-playwright was the toast of 19th-century Anglo letters.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
In Shakespeare’s time, the Children of the Chapel, a company made up entirely of boys, competed fiercely with the playwright’s company, the King’s Men, and often outdrew them.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Set after the attacks of October 7, Y (played with slapstick elasticity by poet and playwright Ariel Bronz) pimps himself out for wild, debaucherous parties while the world burns.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
The Irish poet-novelist-playwright was the toast of 19th-century Anglo letters.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
In Shakespeare’s time, the Children of the Chapel, a company made up entirely of boys, competed fiercely with the playwright’s company, the King’s Men, and often outdrew them.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playwright. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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playwright
noun
play·wright
ˈplā-ˌrīt 
: a person who writes plays
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