playwright
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The playwright was fascinated by Broadway star Laurette Taylor and her abrupt manner with house guests, and based Hay Fever on her family.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
"There's a Jewish playwright who survived the Holocaust called Elie Weisel," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
“John, this is Athol,” Bookholane said, gesturing to the legendary South African playwright Athol Fugard.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
At the end of his book, Mr. Currey regrets not having the space to discuss even more artists, mentioning the choreographer Pina Bausch, the novelist John O’Hara, the playwright Aphra Behn and others.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
There’s surely an entry on the anarchist playwright Alfred Jarry, who once gave Picasso a Browning pistol—the gun favored by the anarchists.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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