PLAYWRITING

Meaning of PLAYWRITING in English

/play"ruy'ting/ , n.

the art or technique of writing plays; the work or profession of a playwright.

[ 1895-1900; PLAY + WRITING ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

PLAYWRITING — also playwrighting noun Date: 1709 the writing of plays
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PLAYWRITING — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : the writing of plays : the activity or occupation of a playwright
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLAYWRITING — also play·wright·ing -ˌrī-tiŋ Date: 1709 : the writing of plays
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLAYWRITING — [play.writ.ing] also play.wright.ing n (1809): the writing of plays
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PLAYWRITING — написание, создание пьес; творчество драматурга
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLAYWRITING — n написание, создание пьес; творчество драматурга
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PLAYWRITING — (n) создание пьес; творчество драматурга
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PLAYWRITING — n написание, создание пьес; творчество драматурга
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PLAYWRITING — n написание, создание пьес; творчество драматурга
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PLAYWRITING — написание, создание пьес; творчество драматурга
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLAYWRITING — n. Variant: also play · wright · ing Pronunciation: - ˌ r ī -ti ŋ Function: noun Date: 1709 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PLAYWRIGHTING — noun see: playwriting
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHEPARD, SAM — orig. Samuel Shepard Rogers born Nov. 5, 1943, Fort Sheridan, Ill., U.S. U.S. playwright and actor. He worked as an …
Английский словарь Британика
DAVENANT, SIR WILLIAM — or William D'Avenant born 1606, Oxford, Eng. died April 7, 1668, London British poet, playwright, and theatre manager. Early works …
Английский словарь Британика
CRAFT — I. ˈkraft, -raa(ə)ft, -raift, -rȧft noun ( -s ; see sense 6 ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cræft …
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ALL THUMBS — phrasal : extremely awkward or clumsy as an example of playwriting, it is all thumbs, echoes, and foolishness — John …
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PLAYWRIGHTING — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: by alteration (influence of playwright ) : playwriting
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INGROWING — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: in (II) + growing (after grow in, v.) : growing or tending inwards ingrowing emotions : developing …
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LAW — law 1 — lawlike , adj. /law/ , n. 1. the principles and regulations established in a community by some …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLING — /fling/ , v. , flung, flinging , n. v.t. 1. to throw, cast, or hurl with force or violence: to …
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EXPRESSIONISM — — Expressionist , n. , adj. — Expressionistic , adj. — Expressionistically , adv. /ik spresh"euh niz'euhm/ , n. 1. …
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PLAYWRIGHTING — see playwriting
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOLY — [ho.ly] adj ho.li.er ; -est [ME, fr. OE halig; akin to OE hal whole--more at whole] (bef. 12c) 1: exalted …
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THEATRICALISM — in 20th-century Western theatre, the general movement away from the dominant 19th-century techniques of naturalism in acting, staging, and playwriting; …
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THEATRE, HISTORY OF — history of the Western theatre from its origins in preclassical antiquity to the present. The significant theatrical traditions of non-Western …
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THEATRE — also spelled theater in architecture, a building or space in which a performance may be given before an audience. The …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2000: PERFORMING-ARTS
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: OBITUARY
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WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE
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LAWSON, JOHN HOWARD — born Sept. 25, 1894, New York City died Aug. 11, 1977, San Francisco U.S. playwright, screenwriter, and member of the …
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KOCH, FREDERICK HENRY — born Sept. 12, 1877, Covington, Ky., U.S. died Aug. 16, 1944, Miami Beach founder of the Carolina Playmakers at the …
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CROTHERS, RACHEL — born Dec. 12, 1878, Bloomington, Ill., U.S. died July 5, 1958, Danbury, Conn. American playwright whose works reflected the position …
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