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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The Sacramento Bee 916-321-1363 Jason Anderson is The Sacramento Bee’s Kings beat writer.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Jan. 2025
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There was a recent kerfuffle online as a bunch of creatives shot down a report that Netflix has writers write overly descriptive dialogue in case viewers are watching something passively (e.g. folding laundry, checking email).—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Jan. 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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Lionsgate announced the biopic in February 2022, at which time the estate already signed off and Logan was already attached as screenwriter with King as a co-producer.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
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Presented by Dropbox, the IndieWire Studio at Sundance will welcome actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, and documentary subjects for exclusive video interviews with IndieWire’s senior staff starting Friday January 24.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2025
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De Noire read it in full, and she was immediately taken by the author's nuanced perspective.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Ideas By Paola Mendoza January 24, 2025 7:00 AM EST Mendoza is a film director, author and organizer.—
Paola Mendoza,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playwright. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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