Solutions Playwright has 17 entries with similar clues

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• ira... Aldridge, early Black American playwright
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• shawMajor Barbara playwright
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• syngeIrish playwright, d. 1909
• ibsenScandinavian playwright
• simonPlaywright Neil
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• oneillPlaywright of The Icemen Cometh
• august...... Strindberg, Swedish playwright
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• ionescoRomanian-born playwright who wrote The Bald Prima Donna
• chekhovplaywright's payment from broadcast
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• vanbrughPlaywright and architect of Blenheim Palace
• sheridanIrish playwright and politician, d. 1816
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• bewilderedPerplexed American playwright needing surprise ultimately in plot
• gore-vidalAmerican novelist and playwright, b. 1925
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• oscar-wildeIrish wit and playwright
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• peter-ustinovActor, playwright, and raconteur, d. 2004
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• bertolt-brechtGerman playwright (1898–1956)
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• sir-terence-rattiganEnglish dramatist and playwright and author of Winslow Boy