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
The Madea creator began his career as a playwright, and has produced over 2,000 episodes of television and helmed 28 feature films to date.
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Janine Henni, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
What is the likelihood Jacob McNeal will win the Nobel Prize this year …
GPT: As of my last knowledge update, Jacob McNeal, an American novelist and playwright, had not yet been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
—Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
As playwright, Lipton offers a gentle hand to pull us back again.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
The initial suit was brought against playwright David Adjmi as well as the play’s commercial Broadway producers, the theater owner and nonprofit developers of the play, which opened on Broadway in April 2024 and is running through Jan. 12, 2025.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2024
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Janine Henni, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
What is the likelihood Jacob McNeal will win the Nobel Prize this year …
GPT: As of my last knowledge update, Jacob McNeal, an American novelist and playwright, had not yet been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
—Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
As playwright, Lipton offers a gentle hand to pull us back again.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
The initial suit was brought against playwright David Adjmi as well as the play’s commercial Broadway producers, the theater owner and nonprofit developers of the play, which opened on Broadway in April 2024 and is running through Jan. 12, 2025.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playwright
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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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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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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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But great dramatists recognize that our lives exist largely in gray zones, and that no ideology can contain our contradictory humanity.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Still, the project offered a unique opportunity to reunite iconic talent with the franchise (hi, Jennifer Tilly!) and let the screenwriter reimagine his legendary character for an uninitiated, more progressive audience.Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 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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Instead, the user must search for SIBO, select the topic summary, and at least skim it to find that the authors recommend Rifaximin as the first-line therapy.Spencer Dorn, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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In addition to his work as an author and director, Becker taught at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin, the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg and the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playwright. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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