dramatist
Creator of plays
A dramatist is a person who writes plays.
The term is somewhat formal and literary; playwright is more common in everyday speech.
Shakespeare remains the most celebrated dramatist in the English language.
She studied the works of classical Greek dramatists.
Author of stage dramas
- playwritingAuthoring theatrical scripts
- stagecraftTheater production expertise
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
soliloquy · characterization · tragedy · comedy · farce · tragicomedy · libretto · script
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- MolièreTartuffe's comic creator
- IbsenNorwegian playwright, drama reformer
- ChekhovRussian short-story master
- SophoclesClassical Athenian playwright
Euripides · Aristophanes · Beckett · Tennessee Williams · Arthur Miller · Oscar Wilde · Eugene O'Neill · August Wilson
Raised performance platform
- directorOne who leads
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- auditionTrial performance for selection
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
troupe · playhouse · repertory · premiere · curtain · costume · prop · backstage
Film's written blueprint
- screenwriterAuthor of film scripts
- screenwritingComposing scripts for film
- teleplayDrama written for broadcast
- filmMovie or coating
cinema · television · adaptation · script · storyboard · montage · arc · climax
One who tells events
- bardPoet of epics
- chroniclerWriter of historical accounts
- raconteurSkilled storyteller
- mythmakerInventor of legends
fabulist · minstrel · griot · troubadour · tale-teller · allegorist · saga · legend
playwright
Author of stage dramas
- playwritingAuthoring theatrical scripts
- stagecraftTheater production expertise
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
monologue · soliloquy · characterization · tragedy · comedy · farce · tragicomedy · libretto · script · blocking
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- MolièreTartuffe's comic creator
- IbsenNorwegian playwright, drama reformer
- ChekhovRussian short-story master
Sophocles · Euripides · Aristophanes · Beckett · Tennessee Williams · Arthur Miller · Oscar Wilde · Eugene O'Neill · August Wilson
stage
Raised performance platform
- directorOne who leads
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- auditionTrial performance for selection
ensemble · troupe · playhouse · repertory · premiere · curtain · costume · prop · backstage · proscenium
screenplay
Film's written blueprint
- screenwriterAuthor of film scripts
- screenwritingComposing scripts for film
- teleplayDrama written for broadcast
film · cinema · television · adaptation · script · storyboard · montage · arc · climax · resolution
narrator
One who tells events
- bardPoet of epics
- chroniclerWriter of historical accounts
- raconteurSkilled storyteller
mythmaker · fabulist · minstrel · griot · troubadour · tale-teller · allegorist · saga · legend · parable
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- creatorsartist, author, composer, designer, inventor
- dramaacting, playwright, character study, acting class, character development
- theater termsplay, actors, stage play, limelight, directing
- storytellersstorytellers, narrator, narrators, tale-teller, tale spinner
- Greek TheaterGreek tragedy, tragedy, comedy, Sophocles, Euripides
dramatistnovelist
Writer of prose narratives
prose writer · fiction writer · essayist · poet · short story writer
- dramatic effectHeightened emotional impact
- dramatic characterFictional person performed
- dramatic pauseIntentional silence for emphasis
- dramatic monologuePoem as character's speech
- dramatic languageExaggerated or emotional wording
- dramatic themesCentral ideas in theater
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