playwright

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Her third husband, playwright Arthur Miller, suggests the purchases were largely a pose: In his memoir, he wrote that aside from some short stories and Colette’s “Cheri” she likely never read anything start to finish.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

Enter playwright Alexandra Silber, whose fresh adaptation works for the most part remarkably well.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

The book beat out a story about a suburban witch by French novelist and playwright Marie NDiaye as well as Brazilian Ana Paula Maia's dystopian read about a brutal prison colony.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

When Dame Hilary published her original short story in 2014, its title was meant to provoke a reaction, according to playwright Alexandra Wood.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

In England, it was the playwright Aphra Behn who translated Fontenelle and the poet Elizabeth Carter who translated Algarotti, so the female audience was more than fictional.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton