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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 film shares its name with one of legendary gay Spanish poet, playwright and theater director Federico García Lorca’s unfinished works.
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Jamie Lang, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
The story gained massive popularity following a stop-motion animation film by Henry Selick, and was later adapted as a musical by the playwright Zinnie Harris and the composer Louis Barabbas, and was set to be helmed by Leeds Playhouse’s Artistic Director James Brining.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
Each actress is given a singular story by the playwright, a tall order to pull off in the midst of the central focus – a man entirely devoted to life as a dog.
—Michelle F. Solomon and, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
Author, illustrator, animator, and playwright Mo Willems is teaming up with Crayola to help parents overcome those challenges as part of the fourth annual Crayola Creativity Week.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 23 Jan. 2025
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Jamie Lang, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
The story gained massive popularity following a stop-motion animation film by Henry Selick, and was later adapted as a musical by the playwright Zinnie Harris and the composer Louis Barabbas, and was set to be helmed by Leeds Playhouse’s Artistic Director James Brining.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
Each actress is given a singular story by the playwright, a tall order to pull off in the midst of the central focus – a man entirely devoted to life as a dog.
—Michelle F. Solomon and, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
Author, illustrator, animator, and playwright Mo Willems is teaming up with Crayola to help parents overcome those challenges as part of the fourth annual Crayola Creativity Week.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 23 Jan. 2025
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Contributing Writer Nola Taylor Tillman is a contributing writer for Space.com.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Daniel Nugent-Bowman is a staff writer who covers the Edmonton Oilers for The Athletic.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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The authority has invested in developing the island’s talented artists, dramatists, songwriters, dancers and filmmakers, as well as in establishing a year-round calendar of vibrant cultural events, including the unmissable Tobago Carnival in October.—
Tobago House of Assembly,
Miami Herald,
6 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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At the same time, depicting a hijabi, a Muslim woman who wears a head covering, or a hijab, also posed challenges, even for screenwriter Marianna Ölmez, herself a Muslim, Verhoef added.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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Much of the context for Ko Gyeom’s motivations are held for later episodes, which is emblematic of screenwriter Lee Na-eun’s (Our Beloved Summer) signature slow-pace structure.—
Kayti Burt,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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Searches for gambling help increased 22% in 2022, 25% in 2023 and 31% through the first 6 months of 2024, according to John Ayers, lead author and vice chief of innovation at University of California, San Diego school of medicine.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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Eric Berger is the senior space editor at Ars Technica, covering everything from astronomy to private space to NASA policy, and author of two books: Liftoff, about the rise of SpaceX; and Reentry, on the development of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
17 Feb. 2025
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