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playwright
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thumb|Ben Jonson coined the term "playwright".
A playwright is a person who writes plays—scripts for theatrical performances. The term matters because playwrights create the foundational works that make theater possible, shaping stories and characters that audiences experience on stage.
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- Etymology
- History
- Early playwrights
- Aristotle's ''Poetics'' techniques
- Medieval
- Neo-classical theory
- Cretan Renaissance theatre
- 19th century
- Contemporary playwrights in the United States
- New play development
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|Ben Jonson coined the term "playwright".
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. Ben Jonson coined the term playwright and is the first person in English literature to refer to playwrights as separate from poets.
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