Playwright

A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic plays.

Etymology

The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder (as in a wheelwright or cartwright). Hence the prefix and the suffix combine to indicate someone who has "wrought" words, themes, and other elements into a dramatic form - someone who crafts plays. The homophone with "write" is in this case entirely coincidental.

The term playwright appears to have been coined by Ben Jonson in his Epigram 49, "To Playwright", as an insult, to suggest a mere tradesman fashioning works for the theatre. Jonson described himself as a poet, not a playwright, since plays during that time were written in meter and so were regarded as the province of poets. This view was held as late as the early 19th century. The term playwright later lost this negative connotation.

Early playwrights and playwriting quiz

The earliest playwrights in Western literature with surviving works are the Ancient Greeks. These early plays were written for annual Athenian competitions among playwrights held around the 5th century BC. Such notables as Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes established forms still relied on by their modern counterparts. For the ancient Greeks, playwriting involved poïesis, "the act of making". This is the source of our word poet.

Shakib Khan

Shakib Khan (Bengali: শাকিব খান, born: 28 March 1979) is a Bangladeshi film actor. He made his debut in Annotho Bhalobasha (1999), though it did not lead to widespread fame. After a few years, Khan established himself as one of the most successful, and highest paid, actors in Bangladeshi film history. Throughout his career, Khan has received various awards, including two National Film Awards for Best Actor for Bhalobaslei Ghor Bandha Jay Na and Khodar Pore Ma, and seven Meril Prothom Alo Awards.

Early life

Shakib Khan was born in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. His father Abdur Rab was a government officer; his mother Nurjahan is a housewife. His father's job required the family to relocate frequently from one city to another during his school years. He was a brilliant student and had very good results in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) exams.

Besides education, he also had a keen interest in dancing. He completed a dancing course under film choreographer Aziz Reza. In 1998 he went to BFDC (Bangladesh Film Development Corporation), the only major studio of Bangladeshi film industry at that time, on a random visit, where he met a photographer who asked him to take part in a photo shoot. During the photo shoot, film director Abul Khair Bulbul noticed Shakib and offered him the leading role in his movie Shobaito Shukhi Hote Chai. Shakib accepted the offer. While filming Shobaito Shukhi Hote Chai, other directors noticed him and offered him roles.