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The word "wright" was an old English word for craftsman. So a wheelwright crafted wheels, a shipwright crafted ships, and a playwright crafted plays. Please don't fall for the ridiculous idea that "wright" is an old way to spell "write"--it simply isn't so. The real meaning much more accurately reflects what the crafter of plays really did, and that goes far beyond the writing.

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∙ 13y ago

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