A dramatist is an author of a dramatic composition, usually plays. The term is usually reserved for those who have written "serious" plays (as opposed to comedies or farces, whereas the simpler term, "playwright", is more all-embracing.
... was admitted to the religious profession on October 7, 1860. Three years later he was sent to Hawaii, where he was ordained on May 24, 1864. On May 10, 1873, at hi ...