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Historians are unsure on how the bridge got its name, or what its connection might be to the English playwright and poet.
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Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2024
While the central conflict is between two people who take themselves very seriously, the playwright tosses a comical wild card betwixt them in Leslie’s wisecracking best friend, Miriam.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2024
That’s not a comparison any playwright should want to invite lightly, especially since Morgan’s dialogue is not nearly as funny or memorable as Tony Kushner’s.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2024
An article on Page 115 about the playwright Ife Olujobi misquotes her in a few instances.
—New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
Nanako Winkler is a playwright known for works such as God Said This, Two Mile Hollow, Kentucky and Hot Asian Doctor Husband.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
In this coming-of-age comedy, a fourteen-year-old wannabe playwright becomes enamored with a local handyman over the course of summer vacation.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
Lee wrote the new film’s script with Alan Fox, the playwright of 2019’s Safe Space.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 11 Apr. 2024
Poet and playwright Patricia Spears Jones will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award in May from the Porter Fund, an organization supporting the literary arts in Arkansas.
—Sean Clancy, arkansasonline.com, 10 Apr. 2024
Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2024
While the central conflict is between two people who take themselves very seriously, the playwright tosses a comical wild card betwixt them in Leslie’s wisecracking best friend, Miriam.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2024
That’s not a comparison any playwright should want to invite lightly, especially since Morgan’s dialogue is not nearly as funny or memorable as Tony Kushner’s.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2024
An article on Page 115 about the playwright Ife Olujobi misquotes her in a few instances.
—New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
Nanako Winkler is a playwright known for works such as God Said This, Two Mile Hollow, Kentucky and Hot Asian Doctor Husband.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
In this coming-of-age comedy, a fourteen-year-old wannabe playwright becomes enamored with a local handyman over the course of summer vacation.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
Lee wrote the new film’s script with Alan Fox, the playwright of 2019’s Safe Space.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 11 Apr. 2024
Poet and playwright Patricia Spears Jones will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award in May from the Porter Fund, an organization supporting the literary arts in Arkansas.
—Sean Clancy, arkansasonline.com, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playwright. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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playwright
noun
play·wright
ˈplā-ˌrīt 
: a person who writes plays
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