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All the more so in the case of the characters in the British playwright Joe White’s Blackout Songs, who can’t remember any details of their first night together.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2026
Buckley plays the wife of a struggling playwright named William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal, whose Oscar omission was a surprise).
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 28 Jan. 2026
The script was written by Wish Collective, a group of five women playwrights.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
They became popularized by the playwright in his hit 1979 production Zoot Suit, which was the first big acting break for Edward James Olmos.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2026
Buckley plays the wife of a struggling playwright named William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal, whose Oscar omission was a surprise).
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 28 Jan. 2026
The script was written by Wish Collective, a group of five women playwrights.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
They became popularized by the playwright in his hit 1979 production Zoot Suit, which was the first big acting break for Edward James Olmos.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playwright. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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playwright
noun
play·wright
ˈplā-ˌrīt 
: a person who writes plays
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