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Also known as dramatist, playwrite, scriptwriter
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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- male form of label
- dramaturgo
- female form of label
- كاتيبة مسراحية
- different from
- screenwriter
- model item
- William Shakespeare
- Commons category
- Playwrights
- ISCO-88 occupation class
- 2451
- category for eponymous categories
- Category:Wikipedia categories named after dramatists and playwrights
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- dbpedia.org/ontology/PlayWright
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- Category:Dramatists and playwrights
- ISCO-08 occupation class
- 2641
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劇作家，是指專門從事戲劇文學寫作的作家。這些作品可能是為舞台表演而創作，或是不可能上演的舞台劇本，或是只以劇本對話形式的純粹文學創作。 英語裡的「劇作家」（playwright）一詞首先出現於英國劇作家本·琼森的《致編劇》（To Playwright）。「Play-wright」一詞有「編寫表演的工匠」的意思，暗諷當時在劇場裏工作的二流散文作家。因為當時的劇作家多數採用格律詩體裁，並自稱為詩人，這種做法一直延至19世紀早期。儘管如此，現代「playwright」一詞已沒有貶意。
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