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playwright

[pley-rahyt] / ˈpleɪˌraɪt /


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A separate auction from the company Heritage included a Christian Dior skirt that Monroe wore on her honeymoon and a letter from her husband playwright Arthur Miller.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

It’s an adaptation of David Haig’s play of the same name, in which the playwright himself portrayed Stagg.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Certainly it’s fascinating to see Wilder, never a strictly naturalistic playwright, continuing in his latter years to embrace the surrealist style that marked much of his dramatic oeuvre.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The book beat out a story about a suburban witch by French novelist and playwright Marie NDiaye as well as Brazilian Ana Paula Maia's dystopian read about a brutal prison colony.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

And there was Uncle Bao, a playwright, who smoked cigars and let me sit on his lap.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang




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