as in writer
a person who writes plays
The actor perfectly captured the unique cadences employed by the playwright.
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Recent Examples of playwright
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.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
In Kleinschmidt’s lightly disguised description published in the journal American Imago, Roth is depicted as a southern playwright suffering from dreadful guilt over leaving his wife—this, of course, a strikingly different version than Roth’s own obsessively repetitive account.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Pray Speak What Has Happened, the track complements a powerhouse lineup with renowned playwright Koki Mitani as screenwriter and Japanese superstar Masaki Suda in the lead role.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025
The French playwright and director Caroline Guiela Nguyen grew up hearing accents from all around the world.
—Laura Cappelle, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
In Kleinschmidt’s lightly disguised description published in the journal American Imago, Roth is depicted as a southern playwright suffering from dreadful guilt over leaving his wife—this, of course, a strikingly different version than Roth’s own obsessively repetitive account.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Pray Speak What Has Happened, the track complements a powerhouse lineup with renowned playwright Koki Mitani as screenwriter and Japanese superstar Masaki Suda in the lead role.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025
The French playwright and director Caroline Guiela Nguyen grew up hearing accents from all around the world.
—Laura Cappelle, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playwright
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Frankie first became a sports writer in 1991 at the Log Cabin Democrat in Conway and has served in the past as sports editor at the Siloam Springs Herald Leader and the Benton County Daily Record in Bentonville.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Oct. 2025
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Nicole Fallert is a newsletter writer at USA TODAY, sign up for the email here.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
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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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The minds behind Hocus Pocus 3 are brewing up a fresh potion of sisterly magic, screenwriter Jen D'Angelo exclusively tells EW.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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This seems like a screenwriter’s fantasy, but Springsteen describes the moment in his book.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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Diane Brady is an award-winning business journalist and author who has interviewed newsmakers worldwide and often speaks about the global business landscape.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Hobson is the author of the novel The Removed as well as other books.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playwright. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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