Judging by the evidence of her work to date, she's the most promising American playwright to come along in years.

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The film was adapted by writer-director Rebecca Miller (daughter of the noted American playwright) from a collection of her own short stories.

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Years ago, I interviewed an American playwright who gladly confessed that all the best bits in his play were simply lifted from life.

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The One Billion Rising movement was started by American playwright and feminist Eve Ensler to mark the 15th anniversary of the V-day campaign to end violence against women.

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It will make its American debut without its playwright having ever seen it.

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Zoe Kazan, one of the best of the crop of young American actresses, is also a playwright and screenwriter.

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Robert Brustein. (Applause.) The 2010 National Medal of Arts to Robert Brustein for his contributions to the American theatre as a critic, producer, playwright, and educator.

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American Liza Ward, Outside Valentine, and Belfast-born playwright Lucy Caldwell, Where They Were Missed, are the youngest writers to make the final, aged 25 years.

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