playwright Definition
play·wright (plā′rīt′)
playwright Synonyms
playwright Usage Examples
Converse of object
- emerge: Our job is to find and present the work of emerging international playwrights in a branded season at the Royal Court.
- win: Pig in the Middle is a play by award winning playwright Judy Upton.
- commission: For 2005 Eclipse Theater has commissioned award-winning playwright Roy Williams to create a new play.
- perform: Factory Plays Readings of work by rarely performed international playwrights.
- struggle: Greg is a fading middle-aged actor whose family life has long since become stale; Sally is a struggling young playwright.
- choose: We chose 12 playwrights to work with for two weeks.
Converse of subject
write: A TV film of quality, written by a top contemporary playwright.
Adjective modifier
- award-winning: For 2005 Eclipse Theater has commissioned award-winning playwright Roy Williams to create a new play.
- aspiring: The theater is looking for applications from aspiring playwrights to receive a place on its New Writing Award scheme.
- Elizabethan: I hope the parallel with the Elizabethan playwrights seems clear.
- Ugandan: Iâve done a lot of work with Ugandan playwrights here.
- acclaimed: Acclaimed playwright Roy Williams has been commissioned to create a new drama for Eclipse Theater.
- prolific: More than simply a stand-up, ( " A one-man special effect " The Guardian ) Rhys is also a prolific comedy playwright.
Noun used with modifier
- living: She says: I really do believe John is the best living playwright.
- radio: The radio playwright can use sound as the film producer uses light.
- woman: It later won the Susan Smith Blackburn prize for women playwrights.
- century: So said top twentieth century playwright Samuel Beckett ( sort of ).
Possessives
child: Aesop's famous fables are interwoven with music, rhyme and laughter in a magical new version by award-winning children's playwright Mike Kenny.
Preposition: of
century: George Shiels was one of the most popular Irish playwrights of the early twentieth century.
Preposition: for
theater: The Rat, 1924, playwright for the theater.
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