wordplay

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And Amy Nicholson of the LA Times concluded: "William Shakespeare wouldn't be wowed by this domestic drama about his home life back in Stratford-upon-Avon. Where's the action? The wit? The wordplay?"

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

He spun wordplay, philosophical debates and scientific principles into popular theatrical entertainment, landing a string of West End and Broadway hits, and won a best-screenplay Oscar for the smash Hollywood film “Shakespeare in Love.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Like a particularly manic solver, he attacks the subject in an across-and-down fashion, here contemplating the impact of AI on the game, there considering what role crossword-style wordplay had on Modernist writers like T.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

Does Ellie have any sort of sense of wordplay?

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

There is none of the humor or wordplay or cleverness that characterizes Sesame Street.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell