as in writer
a person who writes plays
The actor perfectly captured the unique cadences employed by the playwright.
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The major evidence for the former is a letter written by one of Marlowe’s enemies, along with a confession by the playwright Thomas Kyd that was made under torture.
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Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
Ladd was also distantly related to playwright Tennessee Williams.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
Teller took to heart the classic Greek playwright Aristophanes’ myth of love — that humans were born as a fusion of two bodies and later separated as punishment from the gods, only to spend their lives looking — and longing — for their other half.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
The playwright becomes part coder, part traffic controller of emotion.
—Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
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Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
Ladd was also distantly related to playwright Tennessee Williams.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
Teller took to heart the classic Greek playwright Aristophanes’ myth of love — that humans were born as a fusion of two bodies and later separated as punishment from the gods, only to spend their lives looking — and longing — for their other half.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
The playwright becomes part coder, part traffic controller of emotion.
—Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playwright
Noun
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Jon Walker is a business writer with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.—
Jon Walker,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 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 Scriptnotes podcast co-host and Aladdin and Big Fish screenwriter John August will serve as co-chair of the 2026 negotiating committee alongside Survival of the Thickest creator and writer-producer Danielle Sanchez-Witzel.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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Métivier, who is also the screenwriter, is a Canadian-Filipina from Montreal.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Celebrated author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn brings Homer’s great epic to vividly poetic new life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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And the author also indicated that Ferguson’s charity work could be looked into.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playwright. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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