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Ackermann, like Ford, is one of fashion’s dramatists, deftly wielding strong shoulders, sinuous draping, and an audacious use of rich color in both his women’s and men’s work, an approach that garnered him the adoration of the likes of Tilda Swinton, Timothée Chalamet—and, clearly, Mr. Ford.
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Mark Holgate, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2025
The authority has invested in developing the island’s talented artists, dramatists, songwriters, dancers and filmmakers, as well as in establishing a year-round calendar of vibrant cultural events, including the unmissable Tobago Carnival in October.
—Tobago House Of Assembly, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
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
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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Mark Holgate, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2025
The authority has invested in developing the island’s talented artists, dramatists, songwriters, dancers and filmmakers, as well as in establishing a year-round calendar of vibrant cultural events, including the unmissable Tobago Carnival in October.
—Tobago House Of Assembly, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatist
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The acclaimed playwright died Monday following a battle with pneumonia, Finn's literary agent, Ron Gwiazda, confirmed to USA TODAY on Tuesday.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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Image Set in Brooklyn in the summer of 2022, the action takes place in the apartment of Emmy, a playwright freshly cognizant of the danger of being too broke to afford health insurance.—
Laura Collins-Hughes,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Jen McCaffrey is a staff writer for The Athletic covering the Boston Red Sox.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Jackson Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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But Wright and screenwriter Deborah Moggach rediscovered a youthful vitality that had always been present in the original book, bringing it out in unexpected fashion.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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The irony is that the film’s screenwriter, Sam Stefanak, came from the world of comedy.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Wei, who had a career in the U.S. as host, scriptwriter and producer, is being hailed as a major new literary talent, so there will be plenty of interest at Olympia next week.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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This might involve hiring a videographer for professional footage, an editor for post-production, researchers and a scriptwriter to create concepts and tighten messaging.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 June 2023
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Presumably these dynamics played better in scenarist Sarah Alderson’s original novel (which is set in Lisbon rather than Split).—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2022
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Clearly, by now — that is, 1835 — science had done enough to prove itself in the eyes of the litterateurs.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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Reflecting this, in 1726’s Gulliver’s Travels, the Irish litterateur Jonathan Swift satirized early scientists as buffoons.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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