Plural of playwright
regular plural
The plural of playwright is playwrights.
Forms of playwright
| Singular | playwright /ˈpleɪˌɹaɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | playwrights |
| Countable | countable |
Playwrights in a sentence
- There are plays by playwrights and then there are theatre texts.2011, Anna Furse, “Introduction”, in Anna Furse, editor, Theatre in Pieces: Politics, Poetics and Interdisciplinary Collaboration: An…. From the entry montage
- Both playwrights depend largely on dialogue, and have turned the stage into a rostrum.1905 September 23, The Playgoer [pseudonym], “The Stage”, in Theodore F. Bonnet, editor, Town Talk, volume XIV, number 682, San Francisco…. From the entry ladilike
- Many playwrights dread sitting among their audiences: Nothing is quite as soul-killing as overhearing people savage your work in midperformance.2009 January 28, Patrick Healy, “An Evening in Black and White From a Playwright Who Is Neither”, in New York Times. From the entry midperformance
- Such playwrights are to the theater what the Dr.1986 April 28, John Simon, “Sisters and Brothers”, in New York, volume 19, number 17, →ISSN, page 107. From the entry Doctor Feelgood
- Tigar again), “Revolving Cycles” has a Pirandellian nervous breakdown; it seems to be speaking to other plays and playwrights instead of to the audience.2018 September 19, Jesse Green, “Review: In ‘The Revolving Cycles,’ What Happened to Terrell?”, in New York Times. From the entry Pirandellian
Meaning of playwright
- noun A writer and creator of theatrical plays.
Questions about the plural of playwright
- What is the plural of playwright?
- The plural of playwright is playwrights.
- Is playwright countable?
- Playwright is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: playwright (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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