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A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. Ben Jonson coined the term "playwright" and is the first person in English literature to refer to playwrights as separate from poets.
Depending on culture, the differences between the meaning of "Dramatist" and the meaning of "Playwright" are perceived otherwise. In light of this, please do not use the "Playwrights" and "Dramatists" subcategories of this category anymore, but move articles from either "Dramatists" or "Playwrights" to this category instead.
American dramatist and playwright stubs (170 P) Pages in category "American dramatists and playwrights" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 494 total.
It is customary to give a cast list, which also has next to each character in a second column the name of the actor or actress playing the part; an alternative version lists the names of the actors who played the parts originally. In order not to give away vital parts of the plot some names may be altered, for example, mixed up with another name.
Jim Cartwright (born 27 June 1958) is an English dramatist, born in Farnworth, Lancashire. Cartwright's first play, Road, won a number of awards before being adapted for TV and broadcast by the BBC. [1] His work has been translated into more than 40 languages.
The perfect article about a playwright gives both a (possibly short) biography and a list of plays or other major stage productions they have written.
A. Gilbert Arthur à Beckett; Daniel Abineri; Paul Ableman; Rodney Ackland; Guy Adams; Samuel Adamson; Joseph Addison; Rhys Adrian; Oladipo Agboluaje; William ...