And it's not just contemporary playwrights whose voices speak from the opinion pages.

It has been cited by many critics as the finest play from one of the most significant contemporary playwrights in the English language.

So have successful contemporary playwrights and composers become an endangered species?

He is widely considered as one of the world's greatest contemporary playwrights.

It is also used as a dramatic device by many contemporary playwrights.

The company was established in 1982 and focuses on presenting the works of contemporary playwrights, including many world premieres.

And attention will be paid to our noblest contemporary playwrights.

And then: "I'm a contemporary playwright in a postmodern world."

He is considered by many theater people to be the most popular contemporary American playwright.

Because the work of no other contemporary playwright has been subjected to so much tortured explication, that point must be made immediately.