playwright
English Thesaurus
1. someone who writes plays (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | author, writer, |
| definition | : | writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | aeschylus, |
| definition | : | Greek tragedian; the father of Greek tragic drama (525-456 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | anouilh, jean anouilh, |
| definition | : | French dramatist noted for his reinterpretations of Greek myths (1910-1987) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | aristophanes, |
| definition | : | an ancient Greek dramatist remembered for his comedies (448-380 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | beaumont, francis beaumont, |
| definition | : | English dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher (1584-1616) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | beckett, samuel beckett, |
| definition | : | a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | bertolt brecht, brecht, |
| definition | : | German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | capek, karel capek, |
| definition | : | Czech writer who introduced the word `robot' into the English language (1890-1938) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | congreve, william congreve, |
| definition | : | English playwright remembered for his comedies (1670-1729) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | corneille, pierre corneille, |
| definition | : | French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | crouse, russel crouse, |
| definition | : | United States playwright (1893-1966) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | cyrano de bergerac, savinien cyrano de bergerac, |
| definition | : | a French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose); was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | dryden, john dryden, |
| definition | : | the outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | eliot, t. s. eliot, thomas stearns eliot, |
| definition | : | British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | euripides, |
| definition | : | one of the greatest tragic dramatists of ancient Greece (480-406 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | fletcher, john fletcher, |
| definition | : | prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | christopher fry, fry, |
| definition | : | English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | athol fugard, fugard, |
| definition | : | South African playwright whose plays feature the racial tensions in South Africa during apartheid (born in 1932) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | frederico garcia lorca, garcia lorca, lorca, |
| definition | : | Spanish poet and dramatist who was shot dead by Franco's soldiers soon after the start of the Spanish Civil War (1898-1936) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | genet, jean genet, |
| definition | : | French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | carlo goldoni, goldoni, |
| definition | : | prolific Italian dramatist (1707-1793) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | granville-barker, harley granville-barker, |
| definition | : | English actor and dramatist and critic and director noted for his productions of Shakespearean plays (1877-1946) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | hart, moss hart, |
| definition | : | United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | havel, vaclav havel, |
| definition | : | Czech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | hellman, lillian hellman, |
| definition | : | United States playwright; her plays were often indictments of injustice (1905-1984) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | hugo, victor hugo, victor-marie hugo, |
| definition | : | French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | inge, william inge, |
| definition | : | United States playwright (1913-1973) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | eugene ionesco, ionesco, |
| definition | : | French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ben jonson, benjamin jonson, jonson, |
| definition | : | English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | howard lindsay, lindsay, |
| definition | : | United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | clare booth luce, luce, |
| definition | : | United States playwright and public official (1902-1987) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | david mamet, mamet, |
| definition | : | United States playwright (born in 1947) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | christopher marlowe, marlowe, |
| definition | : | English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression; was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | john marstan, marstan, |
| definition | : | English playwright (1575-1634) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | menander, |
| definition | : | comic dramatist of ancient Greece (342-292 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | arthur miller, miller, |
| definition | : | United States playwright (1915-2005) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ferenc molnar, molnar, |
| definition | : | Hungarian playwright (1878-1952) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | clifford odets, odets, |
| definition | : | United States playwright (1906-1963) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | harold pinter, pinter, |
| definition | : | English dramatist whose plays are characterized by silences and the use of inaction (born in 1930) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | edmond rostand, rostand, |
| definition | : | French dramatist and poet whose play immortalized Cyrano de Bergerac (1868-1918) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | jean-paul sartre, sartre, |
| definition | : | French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | lucius annaeus seneca, seneca, |
| definition | : | Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | sam shepard, shepard, |
| definition | : | United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | sophocles, |
| definition | : | one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | publius terentius afer, terence, |
| definition | : | dramatist of ancient Rome (born in Greece) whose comedies were based on works by Menander (190?-159 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | gabriel tellez, tirso de molina, |
| definition | : | Spanish dramatist who wrote the first dramatic treatment of the legend of Don Juan (1571-1648) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | john webster, webster, |
| definition | : | English playwright (1580-1625) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | william wycherley, wycherley, |
| definition | : | English playwright noted for his humorous and satirical plays (1640-1716) (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | drama, |
| definition | : | the literary genre of works intended for the theater (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | drama, dramatic play, play, |
| definition | : | a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | drama, |
| definition | : | the literary genre of works intended for the theater (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | drama, dramatic play, play, |
| definition | : | a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage (noun.communication) |
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