playwright

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A separate auction from the company Heritage included a Christian Dior skirt that Monroe wore on her honeymoon and a letter from her husband playwright Arthur Miller.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

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

New York’s Classic Stage Company mounts the unfinished drama that the Pulitzer winner worked on during the final decades of his life, in a muddled version ‘completed’ by playwright Kirk Lynn.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 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

Everyone was settled and the playwright was about to begin her little speech summarizing the plot and evoking the excitement of performing before an adult audience tomorrow evening in the library.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan