playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
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screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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Early life
On 26 December 1880, Hoffe was born in
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, Ireland. His full name was Reaney Monckton Hoffe-Miles.
Career
Hoffe was known for his romantic comedies and was well known in commercial theatre in London in the 1920s. He wrote more than 20 plays.
He was initially an actor who wrote his first play, '' The Lady Who Dwelt in the Dark,'' in 1903. He became more widely known with '' The Little Damozel'' in 1909 in which Charles Hawtrey appeared. He wrote for films and broadcasting, and continued to act on stage and in films intermittently throughout his life.
Hoffe was married to Barbara Conrad but the marriage was dissolved in 1923.
He died on 4 November 1951 in London.
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The Lady Eve
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