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'The Playwright' is a 1911 silent film short starring Francis X. Bushman. It was produced at the Essanay Studios, Chicago and released by the General Film Company.[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?state=&date1=1911&date2=1911&proxtext=the+playwright+essanay&x=0&y=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&rows=20&searchType=basic Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot (Bryan, Texas)]; November 9, 1911[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?state=&date1=1911&date2=1911&proxtext=the+playwright+essanay&x=0&y=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&rows=20&searchType=basic East Oregonian (Pendleton, Oregon)] EVENING EDITION; September 29, 1911'Francis X. Bushman: A Biography & Filmography' by Richard J. Maturi & Mary Buckingham Maturi c.1998