Re: RAT Re dramaturgy

[DgSWEET@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/29/2000 1:13:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
nick@nickspix.com writes:

<< The word is playWRIGHT.  As in wheelwright or shipwright.  To build
 something concretely in reality.  
 
 Never heard of the act "playwriting", but I'm sure that like masturbation,
 it's possible that it could be construed as an honorable, solo effort.
  >>

"Playwright" is the noun.
"Playwriting" is the activity.

This is the way the words are used at the Dramatists Guild, including in its 
publication, THE DRAMATIST.

"Playwrighting" -- though listed as an acceptable alternate spelling in some 
dictionaries, is not employed by any professional playwright I know.

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Jeffrey Sweet
Resident Playwright, Victory Gardens Theatre
Faculty, Actors Studio at the New School
Council, the Dramatists Guild of America
DGSweet@aol.com
www.jeffreysweet.com