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playwright

[pley-rahyt] / ˈpleɪˌraɪt /


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It is an adaptation of a play by British playwright James Graham, which ran in the West End and Broadway between 2017 and 2019.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

A playwright friend emailed him when the production was announced with a simple message: “Bart, lighten up!”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Theatre director, playwright and actor Peter Gill, who has died aged 86, has been described as a "gentle man with a fierce intelligence" who had a "quietly seismic" influence on British theatre.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

There is certainly an unhurried pace to poet and playwright Andri Snær Magnason’s ruminations on his island nation’s disappearing glaciers, and a meditative quality to the film’s startlingly beautiful visuals.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Still, he hadn’t earned enough money as a playwright to support his family.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

Soon after, wannabe authoritarians attack the comedians, essayists, playwrights and poets.

From Salon Jul. 6, 2026

The goal of playwrights grappling seriously with what it means to be an American today isn’t to score social media points but to shed light on the fractured reality of our collective experience.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Lucy Kirkwood, Penelope Skinner, Timberlake Wertenbaker and Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti are also among more than 70 UK-based playwrights taking part.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

“Since You’re Mortal . . . ” focuses on the playwrights, and represents the first time any part of Stobaeus’ anthology has been published in English.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

Poets, philosophers and playwrights gushed and paid homage to him, including T. S. Eliot, James Joyce and Oscar Wilde, whose sinister Dorian Gray was an early Wagnerite.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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