playwright
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The artwork was created in 2013 by the late Scottish playwright, artist and designer John Byrne.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
But it was helpful to see Knud Adams’ nimble production after it transferred to MCC Theater — an ideal introduction to a startlingly original playwright at the dawn of a path-breaking career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
When I was a senior, Peter Hedges, who had already graduated and become a director and a playwright, invited me to New York to be in an off-off-Broadway play for a few days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The Duke of York's theatre in London's West End is to be renamed after the playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, says the theatre's owner.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
I wrote play-writer and Miss Garnder said the right word was playwright.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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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
A cohort of playwrights, breathtakingly diverse demographically as well as aesthetically, has been rejuvenating American theater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
We also spotlight a new generation of playwrights reimagining Americanness with a sense of hope that America’s best years are still ahead of us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
And when, in the dim stairwell, they kissed, the girl believed that this was what the poets and playwrights meant when they wrote of love.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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