playwright
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She recalled watching her brother play King Duncan in Macbeth when she was nine and said the moment sparked her passion for the playwright.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
He has long been the rare American playwright unafraid to follow in the path of Arthur Miller, the foremost dramatic moralist the country has produced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
When the playwright Matt Schatz wrote Bobby, he didn’t write him as a chatbot; he wrote him as a human character.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Cole was married twice – first to playwright and theatrical fight director Henry Marshall, whom she divorced in 1988.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Still, he hadn’t earned enough money as a playwright to support his family.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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The 41-year-old has bought and donated the flat as part of a new theatre initiative Writers' Block, which aims to address the cost of London accommodation for playwrights from underprivileged backgrounds.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
“I mean, I get one of the great American playwrights, one of the great American directors, and a perfect scene partner, I’m a pretty happy guy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Soon after, wannabe authoritarians attack the comedians, essayists, playwrights and poets.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
ATG Entertainment said renaming the venue the Tom Stoppard Theatre would be a "lasting tribute... to one of the most influential playwrights in British theatre".
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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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