as in writer
a person who writes plays
The actor perfectly captured the unique cadences employed by the playwright.
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Recent Examples of playwright
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his daughters, Kate Feiffer, a children’s book author who collaborated with him; Halley Feiffer, a playwright and actress; Julie Feiffer, a landscaper and shopkeeper in Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.; and two granddaughters.
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Andy Webster, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The esteemed cartoonist, illustrator, playwright, author, and teacher Jules Feiffer died last week, at the age of ninety-five.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
If the dialogue were more sharply written and the characters more vividly defined, there might not be the same lingering sense that the playwright is skirting something politically dangerous.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Movies are the great compensatory art, the creative redemption for people who are novelists, poets, musicians, playwrights, painters, photographers, or even philosophers at heart but not in practice—or those who have artistic souls but no preferred art form at all.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Andy Webster, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The esteemed cartoonist, illustrator, playwright, author, and teacher Jules Feiffer died last week, at the age of ninety-five.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
If the dialogue were more sharply written and the characters more vividly defined, there might not be the same lingering sense that the playwright is skirting something politically dangerous.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Movies are the great compensatory art, the creative redemption for people who are novelists, poets, musicians, playwrights, painters, photographers, or even philosophers at heart but not in practice—or those who have artistic souls but no preferred art form at all.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playwright
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At the time of his first face-to-face with Stiller, the unknown writer was still driving for Postmates.—
Rebecca Keegan,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Feb. 2025
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That has always naturally appealed to me and has been one of the most exciting aspects of chatting directly with writers.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2025
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That looks set to continue with a new play from the veteran dramatist Howard Brenton set in 1942 and telling of a clandestine meeting at the Kremlin between Churchill and Stalin.—
Matt Wolf,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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As a dramatist, Baker has long excelled at conveying complex emotion with something as simple as a pause, and the silences of Janet Planet are just as powerful on the big screen.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
9 Dec. 2024
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Watch the Trailer for Laverne Cox's Clean Slate, The Last Show From a Late Sitcom Legend The series is the last one from the late Norman Lear, a pioneering screenwriter and producer known for creating socially relevant sitcoms.—
James Factora,
Them,
6 Feb. 2025
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Stone’s mother was an actress, screenwriter, and newspaper columnist who wrote under the name Spellman Stone, so pseudonyms were a family tradition.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Feb. 2025
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Focusing on tales of Victory in Europe (BE) Day, it’s written and presented by author Giles Milton and directed and produced by Linda Saville, 3DD’s Head of Production.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2025
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Eric Berger is the senior space editor at Ars Technica, covering everything from astronomy to private space to NASA policy, and author of two books: Liftoff, about the rise of SpaceX; and Reentry, on the development of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playwright. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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