
- Ipswich resident, Phil Thompson, portrays Judge William Stoughton….
This local newspaper has commas to burn.
If the designation comes before the name, there’s no need for commas:
- Ipswich resident Phil Thompson portrays…
If the designation comes after the name, use the commas:
- Phil Thompson, Ipswich resident, portrays…
Of course, once you set off a descriptor, it’s tempting to make the most of it:
- Phil Thompson, the brilliant stage actor and longtime Ipswich resident enormously beloved by grateful North Shore audiences, portrays…
Commas have their advantages, see? Just don’t waste them.
I don’t think there should be a comma after play either. That comma suggests that this is the only new play anywhere.
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