[Data-modeling] playwright?

[Jon Reitsma]

>Plays don't really have a similar concept

Musicals do - it's called Book by.  I'd be happy with adding Book by and aka as playwright.

j
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>> 	But films are different?  Even films based on books can 
>> have screenwriters who aren't the book author.  Isn't the 
>> same true of a play?  
> 
> a play based on a book...
> i think film's 'Story by' property is really awkward, but 
> maybe play needs one too?

"Story by" in films is pretty standard, I think. It can be used when a film
is adapted from a work in another medium, but it is also used for original
work (one example is The Empire Strikes Back -- story by George Lucas,
screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan).  Plays don't really have
a similar concept, and the Adaptation and Adapted Work types should work for
most cases.

Jeff

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