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Recent Examples of dramatist
But folklorists, anthropologists, dramatists and, in the post-Mao period, rap artists believed the local forms of speech expressed the authentic culture of the common people.
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Gina Anne Tam, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Carreira has a docu-realistic eye for setting and a dramatist’s instinct for pacing and mood.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2024
As a dramatist, Baker wants the audience to become aware of its own habits of attention and inattention.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
In 1926, Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Owen Davis brought the work to Broadway’s Ambassador Theatre and, eventually, Chicago, where many Americans familiarized themselves with the work.
—Andrew Zucker, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
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Gina Anne Tam, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Carreira has a docu-realistic eye for setting and a dramatist’s instinct for pacing and mood.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2024
As a dramatist, Baker wants the audience to become aware of its own habits of attention and inattention.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
In 1926, Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Owen Davis brought the work to Broadway’s Ambassador Theatre and, eventually, Chicago, where many Americans familiarized themselves with the work.
—Andrew Zucker, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatist
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David Schweizer, a theater director who championed emerging playwrights and worked at Baltimore Center Stage, died of a heart attack Dec. 5 in New York City.Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 2024
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Project, which Dawson is producing, is adapted from award-winning playwright Edwin Sanchez’s show of the same name.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
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Rachel Wells is a Forbes contributor and freelance writer who covers remote and flexible working, freelancing, side hustles, skill development, and AI, for ...Rachel Wells, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Also back are Malcolm In the Middle creator Linwood Boomer, who will be a writer on the new episodes, and producing director Ken Kwapis, who will direct all four.Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
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Guests at Law's star ceremony included Zach Baylin and Justin Kurzel, the screenwriter and director behind his most recent movie The Order.Tommy McArdle, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Now, Guadagnino takes on the project with The Bourne Ultimatum screenwriter Scott Z. Burns penning the screenplay.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Karen is a talented scriptwriter who will bring the story to life on screen.K.J. Yossman, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
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As in the production chain, giving space to the talent of women and pushing for their inclusion in front of and behind the camera — as scriptwriters, directors, and cinematographers — is a public service duty and a strategic choice.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Oct. 2024
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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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The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021
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Even his name, not to mention his author photo, had an aura of toughness more suggestive of a prizefighter than a litterateur.Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 18 Apr. 2019
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