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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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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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Signing on for privacy Related Articles Saratoga Symphony makes ‘Impressions’ with free concert Pianist/playwright breaks his own box office record at TheatreWorks Milpitas residents started the new year with a new tool to protect their privacy and property rights.—
Anne Gelhaus,
The Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2025
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That this writer had to mention the Vegas odds as a way to balance these teams is so lazy.—
Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
13 Jan. 2025
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Rhea Wessel is an American writer and thought-leadership strategist who helps people grow their business by creating and publishing thought ...—
Rhea Wessel,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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Founded in 1909, the organization annually brings together a cadre of film industry professionals including filmmakers, actors, producers, and screenwriters to select the best content of the year.—
Sam Falb,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025
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The romantic outing comes months after the Tony Award-winning actress filed for divorce from husband Ted Griffin, a screenwriter, in October.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
Fox News,
7 Jan. 2025
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That means dads and uncles, teachers and political leaders, Hollywood scriptwriters and podcast hosts—all could stand to get in on the game.—
Matthew Schnipper,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2025
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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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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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“Dramatist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dramatist. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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