Definition of "playwriter" []

• One who writes plays; a playwright. (noun)

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• "He became first known as a playwriter, but also having studied architecture conceived the idea of combining his two arts by the construction of a grand theatre on the site of the present Haymarket Opera House."
• "She went to [screen - and playwriter] Patricia Resnick and said, "Can you write this for me?""
• "And as a follow-up they could bring playwriter Eve Ensler's "Turning Pain into Power Tour" into the corridors of power, or at least sit in the front row when the event comes to D.C. (and bring the press with them):"