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A Doll's House (
play
by Henrik Ibsen )
A Mars a day helps you work, rest and
play
( Mars Chocolate advertising slogan )
A Streetcar Named Desire ( Marlon Brando movie )
A funny thing happened on the way to the
theatre
Address the ball ( golfing term denoting readiness to
play
)
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players
All work and no
play
makes Jack a dull boy
America's Favorite Cowboy ( Nickname of
actor
Gene Autry )
An Ideal Husband (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
Angels in America (
play
by Tony Kushner )
Angry young man
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
)
As the
actress
said to the bishop
Billy Liar ( Novel and
play
by Keith Waterhouse and Tom Courtenay / Julie Christie movie )
Blow off the
stage
Brum brum ( child's
play
idiom expressing the sound of a vehicle )
Bucky Beaver ( Nickname of
actress
Jenna Elfman )
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (
play
by Tennesee Williams and Elizabeth Taylor movie )
Child's
play
Chips With Everything ( Arnold Wesker
play
)
Close of
play
Come out and
play
Death of a Salesman (
play
by Arthur Miller )
Don't
play
the innocent
Don't put your daughter on the
stage
Mrs Worthington
Everything to
play
for
Exit
stage
left
Fair
play
Fair
play
to you
Fringe
theatre
Full fathom five thy father lies ( from The Tempest by
Shakespeare
)
Games people
play
Go and
play
in the traffic
Ham
actor
He will never
play
the piano again
Hedda Gabler (
play
by Henrik Ibsen )
Horse
play
How does that
play
in Peoria?
I took my harp to the party but no one asked me to
play
If music be the food of love,
play
on ( from Twelth Night by
Shakespeare
)
In
play
It was twenty years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to
play
( Beatles song lyric )
It's good to
play
together ( Microsoft Xbox advertising slogan )
It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you
play
the game
Joey Pants ( Nickname of
actor
Joe Pantoliano )
Johnny Pizza ( Nickname of
actor
John Santucci )
Juno and the Paycock (
play
by Sean O'Casey )
Kid n'
Play
( Nickname of Kevin Martin )
Lady Windermere's Fan (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
Live in your world,
play
in ours ( Sony advertising slogan )
Long Day's Journey into Night (
play
by Eugene O'Neil )
Love
play
Make a
play
for
Make great
play
of
Man and Superman (
play
by George Bernard Shaw )
Mother Courage (
play
by Bertolt Brecht )
Mourning Becomes Electra (
play
by Eugene O'Neill )
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun ( from a poem by
Shakespeare
)
O Romeo, Romeo; wherefore art thou Romeo ( from the
play
by
Shakespeare
)
Paperback
Writer
( Beatles song )
Penis Von Lesbian ( Nickname of
actor
Dick Van Dyke )
Play
Cupid
Play
God
Play
Misty For Me ( Clint Eastwood movie )
Play
a blinder
Play
a waiting game
Play
around
Play
ball
Play
both ends against the middle
Play
by ear
Play
by
play
Play
by the rules
Play
catch up
Play
catchup
Play
chicken
Play
dead
Play
devil's advocate
Play
dirty
Play
ducks and drakes
Play
fast and loose
Play
favorites
Play
favourites
Play
for keeps
Play
for time
Play
from the tips
Play
gooseberry
Play
hard to get
Play
hardball ( A baseball expression meaning to be or act tough or aggressive )
Play
havoc with
Play
hell
Play
hide the sausage
Play
hookey
Play
it again Sam
Play
it again, Sam ( New York State Lottery advertising slogan )
Play
it by the book
Play
it cool
Play
it for laughs
Play
it safe
Play
kissy face
Play
off
Play
possum
Play
safe
Play
second fiddle
Play
silly buggers
Play
softball ( A baseball expression meaning to ask easy questions )
Play
the field ( - indulge in a series of sexual relationships )
Play
the fool
Play
the game
Play
the old soldier
Play
the percentage game
Play
the race card
Play
the white man
Play
to win
Play
with fire
Play
within a
play
Play
your cards right
Play
your part
Play
yourself in
Playboy of the Western World (
play
by John Millington Synge )
Plug and
play
Red Buttons ( Pseudonym of
actor
Aaron Chwatt )
Roll over and
play
dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (
play
by Tom Stoppard )
Schnickle Fritz ( Nickname of
actress
Susan Lucci )
Set the
stage
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? ( from a poem by
Shakespeare
)
She Stoops to Conquer (
play
by Oliver Goldsmith )
Stage
door Johnny
Star of
stage
and screen
Sword
play
Take centre
stage
The Admirable Crichton (
Play
by J M Barrie and nickname of James Crichton )
The Bard of Avon ( Nickname of William
Shakespeare
)
The Boys in the Band (
play
by Mart Crowley )
The Cherry Orchard (
play
by Anton Chekhov )
The Devil's Disciple ( Bernard Shaw
play
and Burt Lancaster movie )
The Ginger Man (
play
by JP Donleavy )
The Girl with the Upside-Down Eyes ( Nickname of
actress
Glynis Johns )
The Glass Menagerie (
play
by Tennessee Williams )
The Great Bird of the Galaxy ( Nickname of
writer
Gene Roddenberry )
The Iceman Cometh (
play
by Eugene O'Neill )
The Importance of Being Ernest (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
The Little Queen of the Soap Operas ( Nickname of
actress
Anne Francis )
The Man of Many Moods ( Nickname of
actor
Charles Laughton )
The Matinee Lady ( Nickname of
actress
Carol Wayne )
The Plough and the Stars (
play
by Sean O'Casey )
The Prince of Menace ( Nickname of
actor
Vincent Price )
The Quare Fellow (
play
by Brendan Behan )
The Scottish
play
The Swan of Avon ( Nickname of William
Shakespeare
)
The Voice of Canada ( Nickname of
actor
Lorne Greene )
The lady doth protest too much, methinks ( from Hamlet by
Shakespeare
)
The play's the thing
The quality of mercy is not strained ( from The Merchant of Venice by
Shakespeare
)
The
stage
is set
This above all: to thine own self be true ( William
Shakespeare
)
Threepenny Opera (
play
by Bertolt Brecht )
To be or not to be: that is the question ( from a Hamlet by
Shakespeare
)
Triple
play
( A baseball expression denoting the act of making three outs during the same
play
)
Two can
play
at that game
View from a Bridge (
play
by Arthur Miller )
Waiting for Godot (
play
by Samuel Beckett )
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ( from Henry V by
Shakespeare
)
When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes ( from a sonnet by
Shakespeare
)
When the cat's away the mice will
play
Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? (
play
by Edward Albee )
You hum it and I'll
play
it