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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