play-wright

The existence of the poorest play-wright and the humblest scrivener is a good omen.

Uncollected Prose 2006

Known originally primarily as a play-wright, Havel has always been a prolific and engaging writer.

Keeping the Faith Kennan, George F. 1992

Its metaphor is the stage, that most showy, illusive, and traditionally dangerous form of art, the narrator is a successful producer and play-wright.

The Corruption of Love Dinnage, Rosemary 1979

One of Dora's brothers was a great play-wright and another one was editor of "The Evening Post" of Charleston, S.C. CONSTANCE MYERS:

Oral History Interview with Mabel Pollitzer, June 16, 1974. Interview G-0047-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) 1974

Then, having inspired confidence, he created a rarer atmosphere, and in _Denis Clifton_, a blend of solicitor and play-wright, he produced a figure of fantasy whose delightfully irresponsible humour might have found his audience a little shy at an earlier stage.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 18, 1917 Various

I am disposed to place his abilities as a play-wright much higher than the usual estimate.

Notes and Queries, Number 05, December 1, 1849 Various

_Comedy of Errors_ imitated the _Menoechmi_ of this early play-wright.

The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman

The entire Alcott family held as great a jubilation when they heard the news as if they had fallen heir to a fortune, and Louisa at once forgot her ambition to act, in her ambition to be known as a successful play-wright.

Ten American Girls From History Kate Dickinson Sweetser

Spring of Fielding's life with that earlier Spring of 1743, when as a popular play-wright and a struggling barrister, absorbed in anxiety for the health of a beloved wife and with his own health already attacked, he published that masterpiece of irony _Jonathan Wild_.

Henry Fielding: a Memoir G. M. Godden

To the top of office; and the quondam play-wright.

The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3