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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.
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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.
Gallery, Gods: The highest section of the theatre; a section at the back or sides without seats where people can stand to watch a performance, usually raised. Ghost: a singer used as a singing voice for another actor. (See also, ghost-writer.) Ghost Light: a light left on the stage overnight and/or when the stage is not in use for safety. It ...
American dramatist and playwright stubs (172 P) Pages in category "American dramatists and playwrights" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 494 total.
Richard Cumberland (dramatist) D. Charles Dance (playwright) George Daniel (writer) Sarah Daniels (playwright) Florence Henrietta Darwin; Robert Davenport (dramatist)
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television. [1] Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's Poetics (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory.
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.