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playwright

/pley-rahyt/US // ˈpleɪˌraɪt //UK // (ˈpleɪˌraɪt) //

编剧,剧作家,小说家,戏剧家

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a writer of plays; dramatist.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • As the ancient playwright Aeschylus wrote, “Wisdom comes alone through suffering.”

  • One of these programs that had to shape and provide a space for actors to hone their craft and for playwrights to get their works done.

  • I think of playwrights as people who think about not only what has happened but what could happen.

  • Much like the IRL her once was, the film’s Radha is a struggling playwright-turned-arts teacher to pay the bills who gets another shot at possibly making it to Broadway.

  • The three-month online series of performances featured theater works, written by homebound playwrights and recorded by sheltering actors.

  • Larry Kramer, the renowned activist and playwright, was invited to talk after a last minute cancelation.

  • But there was also curly-haired Queen guitarist Brian May and playwright Tom Stoppard.

  • I walked up to Muehl along with another Brit, the playwright, Heathcote Williams.

  • Playwright Terence McNally updated his 1982 play with freshly satiric references.

  • Molière, the playwright, is said to have been buried on site.

  • The Shrewsbury playwright was Thomas Ashton the first master of the grammar school.

  • He refused to call on Wycherly "the gentleman," as Wycherly insisted, but was glad to meet Wycherly the playwright.

  • Though best known as a playwright she has written interesting verse.

  • I have often told Lyle that if he had not been a detective he would have made a great success as a poet, or a playwright.

  • There is a value in novelty, provided it is rightly used, which is an important aid to the playwright or scenic artist.