[Data-modeling] playwright?

[Jon Reitsma]

I think it would.  thanks!

j
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We decided long ago to conflate playwright and book writer, because there is
an arbitrary line between them: at what point does a play that includes
songs become a musical? 

But we could delegate the author property from Written Work onto Play with
the label "Playwright" and a hint explaining that this includes book
writers.  Would that suffice?

Jeff


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> >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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> spencer kelly
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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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