Definition of playwriting
: the writing of plays
variants:
or less commonly
playwrighting
Updated on: 20 Jul 2018
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Examples of playwriting in a Sentence
He gave classes in playwriting and poetry.
Recent Examples of playwriting from the Web
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But rather than enriching the play’s mystery, the character’s vagueness begins to seem like a playwriting flaw.
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For the 2018 class of fellows, artists working in two categories — live arts (dance, theater, playwriting and other live performance mediums) and film and music — were awarded grants.
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Schellhardt oversees the undergraduate playwriting initiative in the Department of Theatre.
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The Windham Theatre Guild is launching a playwriting group.
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Philadelphia Young Playwrights is a nonprofit that helps students — which once included The Goldbergs’ creator Adam Goldberg and Pulitzer- and Tony-award winner Quiara Alegria Hudes — find their voice through playwriting.
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Working in tandem with Dutch duo Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins, Hall’s playwriting skills are not exactly overtaxed here.
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The Windham Theatre Guild is launching a playwriting group.
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The Windham Theatre Guild is launching a playwriting group.
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First Known Use of playwriting
1702
PLAYWRITING Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of playwriting for English Language Learners
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: the activity of writing plays
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