Playwright: A Compound Word for a Compound Job
Fun fact: in older English, a “wright” was a maker or craftsman, which makes a playwright a maker of plays, an artisan. I don’t know about you, but I think that’s pretty cool. And entirely appropriate.
Fun fact: in older English, a “wright” was a maker or craftsman, which makes a playwright a maker of plays, an artisan. I don’t know about you, but I think that’s pretty cool. And entirely appropriate.
Very true! I love this too – the idea of crafting a play. Simon Stephens spoke a little bit about this in a workshop of his I went to earlier this year: https://scribblesandshakespeare.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/simon-stephens-playwriting-workshop/