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The group included the Broadway producer Harold Prince, the playwright Arthur Laurents, the composer Mary Rodgers, and the actors Lee Remick and Roddy McDowall.
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Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
The film adaptation of Hamnet, co-written by O’Farrell with the movie’s director, Chloé Zhao, embraces the playwright’s work wholeheartedly.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2025
Another promising young playwright named Murray Mednick was also in the audience.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 historical fiction novel, the film follows playwright William Shakespeare (Mescal) and his wild-eyed wife, Agnes (Buckley), whose relationship is splintered by the tragic loss of their young son, Hamnet (Jacobi Jupe).
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
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Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
The film adaptation of Hamnet, co-written by O’Farrell with the movie’s director, Chloé Zhao, embraces the playwright’s work wholeheartedly.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2025
Another promising young playwright named Murray Mednick was also in the audience.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 historical fiction novel, the film follows playwright William Shakespeare (Mescal) and his wild-eyed wife, Agnes (Buckley), whose relationship is splintered by the tragic loss of their young son, Hamnet (Jacobi Jupe).
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playwright. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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playwright
noun
play·wright
ˈplā-ˌrīt 
: a person who writes plays
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