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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
- A house divided against itself cannot stand ( the meaning and origin of this phrase.. )
- Address the ball ( golfing term denoting readiness to play )
- All access pass
- All set
- 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 )
- 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 )
- Change of scene ( A new location and way of thinking )
- Child's play
- Chips With Everything ( Arnold Wesker play )
- Close of play
- Come out and play
- Death of a Salesman ( play by Arthur Miller )
- Desperate Housewives ( 2004 comedy drama television series )
- Don't Stand So Close To Me ( Police song )
- Don't just stand there, do something ( A catchphrase from Wacky Races )
- Don't play the innocent
- Don't put your daughter on the stage Mrs Worthington
- Drama documentary
- Everything to play for
- Exit stage left
- Face card ( the jack queeen or king in a set of playing cards )
- Fair play
- Fair play to you
- Fringe theatre
- Game set and match
- Games people play
- Go and play in the traffic
- Got your heart set on
- Ham actor
- Ham it up
- Have your hair stand on end
- He will never play the piano again
- Hedda Gabler ( play by Henrik Ibsen )
- Horse play
- Horsy set
- How does that play in Peoria?
- I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips
- 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 )
- If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen ( A catchphrase from Harry S Truman )
- If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything ( Malcolm X quotation )
- In play
- In the limelight
- 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 )
- Kitchen sink drama
- Know where we stand
- Lady Windermere's Fan ( play by Oscar Wilde )
- Last but not least
- Live in your world, play in ours ( Sony advertising slogan )
- Long Day's Journey into Night ( play by Eugene O'Neil )
- Love play
- Love scene
- Make a play for
- Make a scene ( causing a disturbance )
- Make great play of
- Make the grade
- Make the scene
- Man and Superman ( play by George Bernard Shaw )
- More than flesh and blood can stand
- Mother Courage ( play by Bertolt Brecht )
- Mourning Becomes Electra ( play by Eugene O'Neill )
- Noises off
- O Romeo, Romeo; wherefore art thou Romeo ( from the play by Shakespeare )
- On your mark, get set, go
- One night stand
- One night stand investment
- Penis Von Lesbian ( Nickname of actor Dick Van Dyke )
- Platform atheist
- 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
- Ready set go
- Ready, get set, go
- 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 )
- See that girl, watch that scene ( ABBA lyric )
- Set Fire to the Rain ( Adele song )
- Set a thief to catch a thief
- Set eyes on
- Set foot in
- Set forth
- Set great store by
- Set in concrete
- Set in motion
- Set in train
- Set of wheels
- Set sail
- Set straight
- Set the Thames on fire
- Set the record straight
- Set the stage
- Set the world on fire
- Set the world to rights
- Set tongues wagging
- Set your cap at
- Set your face against something
- Set your hair on fire
- Set your heart on something
- Set your mind at ease
- Set your sights on
- Set your stall out
- Set your teeth on edge
- Set yourself apart
- She Stoops to Conquer ( play by Oliver Goldsmith )
- Stage door Johnny
- Stand By Your Man ( Tammy Wynette song )
- Stand and deliver
- Stand before your maker
- Stand by
- Stand down
- Stand in good stead
- Stand it on its head
- Stand like a Stoughton bottle
- Stand off
- Stand on ceremony
- Stand on one's dignity
- Stand on your own two feet
- Stand out
- Stand out from the crowd
- Stand up and be counted
- Stand up fight
- Stand up for yourself
- Stand up guy
- Star of stage and screen
- Steal the scene
- Survey the scene
- Sword play
- Take a bow
- Take a stand
- Take centre stage
- The Admirable Crichton ( Play by J M Barrie and nickname of James Crichton )
- 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 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 Voice of Canada ( Nickname of actor Lorne Greene )
- The play's the thing
- The roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd
- The rot has set in
- The stage is set
- The truth shall set you free
- They also serve who only stand and wait ( from a poem by Milton )
- This precious stone set in the silver sea, this sceptered isle
- Threepenny Opera ( play by Bertolt Brecht )
- Thrust into the limelight
- Tied to his mother's apron strings
- Tread the boards
- Triple play ( A baseball expression denoting the act of making three outs during the same play )
- Two can play at that game
- United we stand divided we fall
- View from a Bridge ( play by Arthur Miller )
- Waiting for Godot ( play by Samuel Beckett )
- We are professional grade ( GMC Truck advertising slogan )
- We won't make a drama out of a crisis ( Commercial Union advertising slogan )
- Weapons grade
- Wear your apron high
- What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare ( from a poem by Davies )
- When the cat's away the mice will play
- Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? ( play by Edward Albee )
- Will the real ... stand up? ( A catchphrase from To Tell The Truth )
- Without a leg to stand on
- You hum it and I'll play it