| 单词 | house author |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse author house author n. an author employed by a theatre; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > playwriting > [noun] > playwright > employed by a theatre house author1844 1844 Bentley's Misc. 15 336 An engagement for six months as the house-author, in one of our first provincial theatres. I must away at dawn. 1864 J. G. Bertram Glimpses Real Life xxvii. 262 August, or even earlier, when the ‘house-author’ and the manager determine what it [sc. the pantomine] is to be. 1903 Daily Chron. 6 July 7/4 He was house-author to a theatre at Sydney. 1995 P. S. McKnight Understanding Christoph Hein i. 14 He was promoted to house author at an unusually young age in the 1973–74 season. 2009 Guardian Unlimited (Nexis) 5 Mar. Amazingly, Philip K Dick is practically a house author in some studios. < as lemmas |
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