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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

Winter Miller, a playwright and children’s book author based in Brooklyn, taunts her deceivers in the name of getting people to laugh.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Her third husband, playwright Arthur Miller, suggests the purchases were largely a pose: In his memoir, he wrote that aside from some short stories and Colette’s “Cheri” she likely never read anything start to finish.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

“I may be searching for a playwright in a haystack, but I think I have found him, nevertheless. Simon! Simon Harley-Dickinson!”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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