playwright

[pley-rahyt]

noun

1. a writer of plays; dramatist.

playwright

/ ˈpleɪˌraɪt /

noun

1. a person who writes plays

Word History and Origins

Origin of playwright¹

First recorded in 1680–90; play + wright

Example Sentences

This fiery debut from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright grapples with April’s anguished question: “How, God? How could love look like leaving?”

From Los Angeles Times

She was a playwright, with works including “Bow Boly” and “The Marriage Ceremony.”

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Featuring a libretto by playwright and TV writer David West Read, choreography by Jennifer Weber and nearly 30 hits by Martin, the stakes felt very high going in.

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“The Assembled Parties,” the title of Greenberg’s 2013 Broadway play, is an apt metaphor for the challenge that playwright had in coalescing his sparkling chat-fests into satisfying dramas.

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My beef was that he sounded like an anxious playwright determined to string an audience along without forced exuberance and sitcom-level repartee.

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