playwright
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Cole was married twice – first to playwright and theatrical fight director Henry Marshall, whom she divorced in 1988.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
It is an adaptation of a play by British playwright James Graham, which ran in the West End and Broadway between 2017 and 2019.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
There, an ailing playwright named M lives with his wife, S—who is an actress—and their precocious daughter, Ruby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
A playwright friend emailed him when the production was announced with a simple message: “Bart, lighten up!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Campbell had been a fairly well-known playwright at one time.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
In terms of critical reception and production opportunities, Hunter is one of the most successful playwrights of his generation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Soon after, wannabe authoritarians attack the comedians, essayists, playwrights and poets.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
The goal of playwrights grappling seriously with what it means to be an American today isn’t to score social media points but to shed light on the fractured reality of our collective experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Lucy Kirkwood, Penelope Skinner, Timberlake Wertenbaker and Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti are also among more than 70 UK-based playwrights taking part.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Poets, philosophers and playwrights gushed and paid homage to him, including T. S. Eliot, James Joyce and Oscar Wilde, whose sinister Dorian Gray was an early Wagnerite.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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