playwright

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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

In fact Wilder wrote several scenes, and the playwright Kirk Lynn, whom Mr. Tapper is essentially here portraying, delved through Wilder’s archives and “completed” the play that follows.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

When Dame Hilary published her original short story in 2014, its title was meant to provoke a reaction, according to playwright Alexandra Wood.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The playwright recognizes the speculative and incomplete nature of history, which is always born out of the needs and assumptions of the moment it’s written.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Therefore I propose that someone with a keen sense of the theatrical, a talent for mimicry and improvising dialogue—a playwright, perhaps?—be engaged as an understudy to the ghost, as it were.”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood