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Noun playwright has 1 sense
- playwright(n = noun.person) dramatist - someone who writes plays; Array is a kind of author, writer
has particulars: aeschylus, albee, edward albee, edward franklin albeen, anderson, maxwell anderson, anouilh, jean anouilh, aristophanes, barrie, j. m. barrie, james barrie, james matthew barrie, sir james matthew barrie, beaumont, francis beaumont, beckett, samuel beckett, bertolt brecht, brecht, calderon, calderon de la barca, pedro calderon de la barca, capek, karel capek, cervantes, cervantes saavedra, miguel de cervantes, miguel de cervantes saavedra, anton chekhov, anton chekov, anton pavlovich chekhov, anton pavlovich chekov, chekhov, chekov, congreve, william congreve, corneille, pierre corneille, coward, noel coward, sir noel pierce coward, crouse, russel crouse, cyrano de bergerac, savinien cyrano de bergerac, decker, dekker, thomas decker, thomas dekker, dryden, john dryden, eliot, t. s. eliot, thomas stearns eliot, euripides, fletcher, john fletcher, christopher fry, fry, athol fugard, fugard, frederico garcia lorca, garcia lorca, lorca, genet, jean genet, andre gide, andre paul guillaume gide, gide, giraudoux, hippolyte jean giraudoux, jean giraudoux, goethe, johann wolfgang von goethe, carlo goldoni, goldoni, granville-barker, harley granville-barker, hart, moss hart, havel, vaclav havel, christian friedrich hebbel, friedrich hebbel, hebbel, hellman, lillian hellman, hugo, victor-marie hugo, victor hugo, henrik ibsen, henrik johan ibsen, ibsen, inge, william inge, eugene ionesco, ionesco, ben jonson, benjamin jonson, jonson, george s. kaufman, george simon kaufman, kaufman, bernd heinrich wilhelm von kleist, heinrich von kleist, kleist, kid, kyd, thomas kid, thomas kyd, gotthold ephraim lessing, lessing, howard lindsay, lindsay, clare booth luce, luce, count maurice maeterlinck, maeterlinck, david mamet, mamet, christopher marlowe, marlowe, john marstan, marstan, menander, middleton, thomas middleton, arthur miller, miller, jean-baptiste poquelin, moliere, ferenc molnar, molnar, o'casey, sean o'casey, clifford odets, odets, eugene gladstone o'neill, eugene o'neill, o'neill, john james osborne, john osborne, osborne, harold pinter, pinter, luigi pirandello, pirandello, george dibdin-pitt, george dibdin pitt, george pitt, pitt, plautus, titus maccius plautus, jean baptiste racine, jean racine, racine, rattigan, sir terence mervyn rattigan, terence rattigan, elmer leopold rice, elmer reizenstein, elmer rice, rice, esme stuart lennox robinson, lennox robinson, robinson, edmond rostand, rostand, jean-paul sartre, sartre, augustin eugene scribe, scribe, lucius annaeus seneca, seneca, bard of avon, shakespeare, shakspere, william shakespeare, william shakspere, g. b. shaw, george bernard shaw, shaw, sam shepard, shepard, richard brinsley sheridan, sheridan, robert emmet sherwood, sherwood, marvin neil simon, neil simon, simon, sophocles, sir tom stoppard, stoppard, thomas straussler, tom stoppard, august strindberg, johan august strindberg, strindberg, edmund john millington synge, j. m. synge, john millington synge, synge, publius terentius afer, terence, gabriel tellez, tirso de molina, peter alexander ustinov, sir peter ustinov, ustinov, lope de vega, lope felix de vega carpio, vega, john webster, webster, oscar fingal o'flahertie wills wilde, oscar wilde, wilde, thornton niven wilder, thornton wilder, wilder, tennessee williams, thomas lanier williams, williams, william wycherley, wycherley, w. b. yeats, william butler yeats, yeats
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playwright
choreographer, comedian, dramatist, dramatizer, dramaturge, farcer, farceur, farceuse, farcist, gagman, joke writer, jokesmith, librettist, melodramatist, mimographer, monodramatist, play doctor, play fixer, playwriter, scenario writer, scenarioist, scenarist, screenwriter, scriptwriter, tragedianROGET THESAURUS
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Book
N booklet, writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule, tract, tractate, livret, brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion, circular, publication, chap book, part, issue, number livraison, album, portfolio, periodical, serial, magazine, ephemeris, annual, journal, paper, bill, sheet, broadsheet, leaf, leaflet, fly leaf, page, quire, ream, chapter, section, head, article, paragraph, passage, clause, endpapers, frontispiece, cover, binding, folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, sextodecimo, octodecimo, encyclopedia, encompilation, library, bibliotheca, press, definitive work, treatise, comprehensive treatise (dissertation), writer, author, litterateur, essayist, journalism, pen, scribbler, the scribbling race, literary hack, Grub-street writer, writer for the press, gentleman of the press, representative of the press, adjective jerker, diaskeaust, ghost, hack writer, ink slinger, publicist, reporter, penny a liner, editor, subeditor, playwright, poet, bookseller, publisher, bibliopole, bibliopolist, librarian, bookstore, bookshop, bookseller's shop, knowledge of books, bibliography, book learning, among the giant fossils of my past, craignez tout d'un auteur en courroux, for authors nobler palms remain, I lived to write and wrote to live, look in thy heart and write, there is no Past so long as Books shall live, the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writ, volumes that I prize above my dukedom.The Drama
N the drama, the stage, the theater, the play, film the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography, theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, cothurnus, Melpomene and Thalia, Thespis, play, drama, stage play, piece, five-act play, tragedy, comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta, lever de rideau, interlude, afterpiece, exode, farce, divertissement, extravaganza, burletta, harlequinade, pantomime, burlesque, opera bouffe, ballet, spectacle, masque, drame comedie drame, melodrama, melodrame, comidie larmoyante, sensation drama, tragicomedy, farcical-comedy, monodrame monologue, duologue trilogy, charade, proverbs, mystery, miracle play, musical, musical comedy, western, horse opera, flick, spy film, love story, adventure film, documentary, nature film, pornographic film, smoker, skin flick, X-rated film, act, scene, tableau, induction, introduction, prologue, epilogue, libretto, performance, representation, mise en scene, stagery, jeu de theatre, acting, gesture, impersonation, stage business, gag, buffoonery, light comedy, genteel comedy, low comedy, theater, playhouse, opera house, house, music hall, amphitheater, circus, hippodrome, theater in the round, puppet show, fantoccini, marionettes, Punch and Judy, auditory, auditorium, front of the house, stalls, boxes, pit, gallery, parquet, greenroom, coulisses, flat, drop, drop scene, wing, screen, side scene, transformation scene, curtain, act drop, proscenium, stage, scene, scenery, the boards, trap, mezzanine floor, flies, floats, footlights, offstage, orchestra, theatrical costume, theatrical properties, movie studio, back lot, on location, part, role, character, dramatis personae, repertoire, actor, thespian, player, method actor, stage player, strolling player, stager, performer, mime, mimer, artists, comedian, tragedian, tragedienne, Roscius, star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol, supporting actor, supporting cast, ham, hamfatter, masker, pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine, punchinello, pulcinello, pulcinella, extra, bit- player, walk-on role, cameo appearance, mute, figurante, general utility, super, supernumerary, company, first tragedian, prima donna, protagonist, jeune premier, debutant, debutante, light comedian, genteel comedian, low comedian, walking gentleman, amoroso, heavy father, ingenue, jeune veuve, mummer, guiser, guisard, gysart, masque, mountebank, Jack Pudding, tumbler, posture master, acrobat, contortionist, ballet dancer, ballet girl, chorus singer, coryphee danseuse, property man, costumier, machinist, prompter, call boy, manager, director, stage manager, acting manager, producer, entrepreneur, impresario, backer, investor, angel, dramatic author, dramatic writer, play writer, playwright, dramatist, mimographer, dramatic, theatric, theatrical, scenic, histrionic, comic, tragic, buskined, farcical, tragicomic, melodramatic, operatic, stagy, on the stage, on the boards, on film, before the floats, before an audience, behind the scenes, fere totus mundus exercet histrionem, suit the action to the word, the word to the action, the play's the thing, to wake the soul by tender strokes of art.
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