playwright

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But one senses that the playwright is at a loss to find a plausible ending after the simmering conflicts have erupted into a full conflagration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The parallels to contemporary American culture are obvious if not literal, but Ms. Ziegler is too gifted a playwright to shrink a nuanced tragedy into a screeching protest sign.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

“There are only two actors in America,” he told playwright David Mamet years later.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

His performance in Horton Foote's one-act play The Midnight Caller led the playwright to recommend him for the role of Boo Radley in the 1962 film version of To Kill a Mockingbird.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Everyone was settled and the playwright was about to begin her little speech summarizing the plot and evoking the excitement of performing before an adult audience tomorrow evening in the library.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan