noun
definition
A writer and creator of theatrical plays.
Examples of playwrights in a Sentence
The tradition thus formed was continued and fortified by the illustrious playwrights of the 17th century.
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It came into existence in KiOto and was thence transferred to Yedo (Tokyo), where the greatest of Japanese playwrights, Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1724), and a musician of exceptional talent, Takemoto Gidayu, collaborated to render this puppet drama a highly popular entertainment.
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Having completed Emilia Galotti, which the younger generation of playwrights at once accepted as a model, Lessing occupied himself for some years almost exclusively with the treasures of the Wolfenbiittel library.
The Spanish drama, meanwhile, untrammelled by those false canons of pseudo-classic taste which fettered the theatre in Italy and afterwards in France, rose to an eminence in the hands of Lope de Vega and Calderon which only the English, and the English only in the masterpieces of three or four playwrights, can rival.
Among recent playwrights Mrs Minna Canth (1844-1897) has been the most successful.
Messenius was imitated by a little crowd of playwrights.
The playwrights also include Julio Dantas, and Dr Marcellino Mesquita, author of Leonor Telles and other historical dramas, as well as of a powerful piece, Den' supremo.
Besides furnishing the early playwrights with material for miracle plays, it has supplied episodes and apologues to many a writer, including Boccaccio, John Gower and Shakespeare.
Our job is to find and present the work of emerging international playwrights in a branded season at the Royal Court.
Factory Plays Readings of work by rarely performed international playwrights.
We chose 12 playwrights to work with for two weeks.
The theater is looking for applications from aspiring playwrights to receive a place on its New Writing Award scheme.
I hope the parallel with the Elizabethan playwrights seems clear.
Iâve done a lot of work with Ugandan playwrights here.
It later won the Susan Smith Blackburn prize for women playwrights.
Mimetic posture-dances (Shosagoto) were always introduced as interludes; past and present indiscriminately contributed to the playwrights subjects; realism was carried to extremes; a revolving stage and all mechanical accessories were supplied; female parts were invariably taken by males, who attained almost incredible skill in these simulations; a chorusrelic of the Nochanted expositions of profound sentiments or thrilling incidents; and histrionic talent of the very highest order was often displayed.
This large collection of his papers includes letters from many actors and playwrights, along with typescripts of articles and handwritten notes.