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Rising SA playwright's late fiance 'lives on' in emotional theatre debut

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 26 Dec 2025
An upcoming South Australian playwright was writing a horror, comedy show about the prospect of losing a much older partner, then it happened to him ... .
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Playwrights Horizons Sued Over BIPOC Night Discount

New York Magazine 23 Dec 2025
Off Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons is being sued for discrimination over a one-night discount during its run of Nazareth Hassan’s Practice ... The lawsuit takes issue with a discount that Playwrights offered on its November 6 BIPOC Night.
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Playwrights Horizons Is Sued Over Discounts to People of Color

New York Times 22 Dec 2025
The lawsuit, against the prominent Off Broadway theater, is backed by Edward Blum, who has long challenged race-based policies. Playwrights called it “meritless.” ... .
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When a Performer Met a Playwright

New York Times 19 Dec 2025
Like the characters in “When Harry Met Sally …” a film Grace Aki loves, she and F Haynie had a tepid start, and eventually, a romance ... .
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Acclaimed Utah playwright and ‘artistic force’ David Kranes dies at 88

The Salt Lake Tribune 18 Dec 2025
David Kranes, a prolific Utah playwright and author who explored the drama of Western landscapes and Nevada casinos, has died. .
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11 Essential Books Overlooked by the Literary Canon

New York Observer 18 Dec 2025
overwhelmingly white and male ... Courtesy Vintage ... Courtesy Vintage ... The great, unhinged Swedish playwright August Strindberg may be best known for his play Miss Julie, but his most enduring contribution may well be his autobiographical novel Inferno ... .
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First Fortnight: Playwright Liam McCarthy on He Dies In The End

RTE 16 Dec 2025
He says I call myself a playwright because I take myself too seriously ... playwrights ... Playwright Liam McCarthy ... As I write this, the news is breaking that the great playwright Tom Stoppard has died.
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Margaretta D’Arcy, playwright and activist who worked closely with her husband John Arden

AOL 14 Dec 2025
Margaretta D’Arcy, who has died aged 91, was an actress-turned-playwright, and a Left-wing activist so contrary and uncompromising in spirit that she once picketed one of her own plays.
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Playwright Seán O’Casey’s daughter: ‘He never seemed old to me... he was quite adventurous’

The Irish Times 14 Dec 2025
I am on a phone call to playwright Seán O’Casey’s youngest and only surviving child ... Now 86, she is a living link to one of our most famous playwrights ... The playwright’s daughter intends to be there on ...
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Margaretta D'Arcy, playwright and activist who worked closely with her husband John Arden – obituary

The Daily Telegraph 14 Dec 2025
Margaretta D’Arcy, who has died aged 91, was an actress-turned-playwright, and a Left-wing activist so contrary and uncompromising in spirit that she once picketed one of her own plays.
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US playwright Jeremy O. Harris released 3 weeks after arrest in Japan for alleged drug smuggling

Newsday 11 Dec 2025
TOKYOThe American playwright and actor Jeremy O. Harris has been released from detention in Japan three weeks after he was taken into custody on suspicion of smuggling the psychedelic drug ecstasy ... Get the latest on celebs, TV and more. Sign up ... 4.
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Japanese police release U.S. playwright Jeremy O. Harris after drug arrest

Asahi News 10 Dec 2025
American actor and playwright Jeremy O ... Local prosecutors declined to confirm whether Harris had been charged with a crime ... .
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