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Shields reunited with Goold – and James Graham – for the BBC/ Left Bank Pictures television adaptation of the dramatist’s National Theatre hit, the Olivier award-winning Dear England, about Gareth Southgate’s revolutionary tenure as England’s men’s team manager.
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2025
Famously, the British press conspired to draw the dramatist’s name through the mud, besmirching his literary legacy for generations to follow.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Nevertheless, this is a very rewarding production that presents an eloquent argument for why Ibsen is considered one of history’s great dramatists.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
Don’t underestimate what an intrepid dramatist can do with Shakespeare’s inexhaustible masterpiece.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2025
Famously, the British press conspired to draw the dramatist’s name through the mud, besmirching his literary legacy for generations to follow.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Nevertheless, this is a very rewarding production that presents an eloquent argument for why Ibsen is considered one of history’s great dramatists.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
Don’t underestimate what an intrepid dramatist can do with Shakespeare’s inexhaustible masterpiece.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatist
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Paul Mescal, 29, stars as the popular playwright and poet.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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Adapted by playwright David Farr from spy master John le Carré's 1993 novel of the same name, the April 2016 AMC series earned the Marvel Cinematic Universe star a Golden Globe for best actor in a limited series, and fueled discussion around Hiddleston as a potential James Bond.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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Famed writer and director David Mamet, who cameos in Marty Supreme, is also said to have attended Marty's clubs.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Jan. 2026
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Here's a look at those astronaut medical issues and others from the history of human spaceflight by our writer Josh Dinner.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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And playwright and Oscar-winning screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney was chosen to lead the Geffen Playhouse, a more modest yet nonetheless nationally prominent venue with two stages, the Gil Cates Theater and the intimate Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson also took home two trophies for his work as a director and screenwriter on top of Taylor's win for her supporting performance.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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But for all those American fans who plan to watch the Cortina Olympics, be forewarned: Hollywood’s best scriptwriters are sitting at their typewriters, pounding out the bones of a sports movie about Lindsey Vonn.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
23 Dec. 2025
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On this occasion, there were no jostling journalists, no opportunistic influencers and no sign of the Hollywood scriptwriter looking to buy the rights to a story that has resonated around the world.—
Esme Nicholson,
NPR,
18 Dec. 2025
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The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 June 2023
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Presumably these dynamics played better in scenarist Sarah Alderson’s original novel (which is set in Lisbon rather than Split).—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2022
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Reflecting this, in 1726’s Gulliver’s Travels, the Irish litterateur Jonathan Swift satirized early scientists as buffoons.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Mar. 2021
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