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
Inspired by one of poet/playwright Federico García Lorca’s last, unfinished works, the musical follows the interconnected stories of three gay men from distinct historical periods, linked by sexuality and desire, pain and inheritance.
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Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
This is your second time adapting a work by playwright Oriza Hirata for the screen, following Sayonara (2015).
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Harmon appeared on Broadway more than 20 times in shows authored by playwrights including Wendy Wasserstein, Lillian Hellman, Neil Simon, Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026
Guinness married actress and playwright Merula Salaman in 1938.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 11 May 2026
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Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
This is your second time adapting a work by playwright Oriza Hirata for the screen, following Sayonara (2015).
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Harmon appeared on Broadway more than 20 times in shows authored by playwrights including Wendy Wasserstein, Lillian Hellman, Neil Simon, Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026
Guinness married actress and playwright Merula Salaman in 1938.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playwright
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Romance writers never write about their real life — right?—
Eloisa James,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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They were briefly paused to allow the studios to finish negotiations with the writers’ union.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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In transcripts of hearings of the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Garber finds an upwelling of voices from the literary past, among them Christopher Marlowe, the revenge dramatist Thomas Kyd, and, from first to last, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Shakespeare.—
Charlie Tyson,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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The debate centers on alternate theories proposing that Shakespeare was a front for the real dramatist (or dramatists).—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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Colbert is co-writing the script with his son, and Philippa Boyens, screenwriter on the original trilogy.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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His dad, inspired by Barker, recently quit his job as a psychiatric nurse practitioner to become a full-time screenwriter.—
Alex Barasch,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Rex Reed, the film critic and author whose pithy reviews and provocative Hollywood interviews established him as a bad boy of entertainment journalism, died Tuesday morning, his rep told The Hollywood Reporter.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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China plans to initially divert some four billion cubic meters of water from the Yangtze to the Yellow River annually in the first phase of part of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project—but that’s less water than what’s being captured by the Yangtze, the study authors warn.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playwright. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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