Drama Phrases

Phrases

• 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 over the show
• All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players
• All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
• Am I bovvered? (A catchphrase from The Catherine Tate Show)
• America's Oldest Living Teenager (Nickname of game show host Dick Clark)
• An Ideal Husband (play by Oscar Wilde)
• An everyday story of country folk (A catchphrase from The Archers)
• Angels in America (play by Tony Kushner)
• Best in show
• Billy Liar (Novel and play by Keith Waterhouse and Tom Courtenay / Julie Christie movie)
• Blow off the stage
• Boutros Boutros Ghali (A catchphrase from The Fast Show)
• Brum brum (child's play idiom expressing the sound of a vehicle)
• Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (play by Tennesee Williams and Elizabeth Taylor movie)
• Cattle show
• Child's play
• Chips With Everything (Arnold Wesker play)
• Close of play
• Come out and play
• Comedy vehicle
• Death of a Salesman (play by Arthur Miller)
• Desperate Housewives (2004 comedy drama television series)
• Does my bum look big in this? (A catchphrase from The Fast Show)
• Dog and pony show
• Don't play the innocent
• Don't put your daughter on the stage Mrs Worthington
• Drama documentary
• Enjoy the Show (E! Entertainment Television advertising slogan)
• Everything to play for
• Exit stage left
• Fair play
• Fair play to you
• Fast acting
• Father Knows Best (American TV Show)
• For the benefit of Mr.Kite there will be a show tonight on trampoline (Beatles song lyric)
• Fringe theatre
• Games people play
• Get the show on the road
• Give the show away
• Go and play in the traffic
• He will never play the piano again
• He's fallen in the water (A catchphrase from The Goon Show)
• Hedda Gabler (play by Henrik Ibsen)
• Heeere's Johnny (A catchphrase from Johnny Carson Show)
• Hey there, Boo Boo! (A catchphrase from The Yogi Bear Show)
• High tragedy
• Hold on to your seat
• Holy mackerel! (A catchphrase from Kingfish In Amos 'N' Andy Show)
• Horse play
• How does that play in Peoria?
• How very dare you (A catchphrase from The Catherine Tate Show)
• I don't have to show you any stinking badges (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
• I took my harp to the party but no one asked me to play
• I was very very drunk (A catchphrase from The Fast Show)
• I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here (Reality TV show)
• I'm a little bit wooooor, a little bit waaaaaaaaaayy, I'm a geezer! (A catchphrase from Chris The Crafty Cockney In The Fast Show)
• I'm smarter than the average bear! (A catchphrase from The Yogi Bear Show)
• 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
• Juno and the Paycock (play by Sean O'Casey)
• Keep the show on the road
• Kid n' Play (Nickname of Kevin Martin)
• Kitchen sink drama
• Lady Windermere's Fan (play by Oscar Wilde)
• Let's do the show right here
• 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)
• Name, rank, and serial number
• O Romeo, Romeo; wherefore art thou Romeo (from the play by Shakespeare)
• On show
• One-man show
• Peep show
• 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
• Roll over and play dead
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (play by Tom Stoppard)
• Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel (A catchphrase from Batman TV show)
• Say kids, what time is it? (A catchphrase from Howdy Doody Show)
• Serial killer
• Serial monogamy
• Set the stage
• She Stoops to Conquer (play by Oliver Goldsmith)
• Show a clean pair of heels
• Show a leg
• Show a little leg
• Show and tell
• Show down
• Show me the money (A catchphrase from Jerry Maguire)
• Show me the spot (Abraham Lincoln quotation)
• Show no quarter
• Show of hands
• Show off
• Show pony
• Show some appreciation
• Show the door
• Show the flag
• Show the ropes
• Show the white feather
• Show up
• Show your hand
• Show your true colours
• Show's over folks
• Stage door Johnny
• Star of stage and screen
• Steal the show
• Stop the show
• Suit you, sir (A catchphrase from The Fast Show)
• Sword play
• Take centre stage
• The Admirable Crichton (Play by J M Barrie and nickname of James Crichton)
• The Amazing Race (US TV show)
• The Boys in the Band (play by Mart Crowley)
• The Buddha of Suburbia
• 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 Glass Menagerie (play by Tennessee Williams)
• The Greatest Show on Earth (Barnum & Bailey Circus advertising slogan)
• The Iceman Cometh (play by Eugene O'Neill)
• The Importance of Being Ernest (play by Oscar Wilde)
• The Last Picture Show (Jeff Bridges movie)
• The Plough and the Stars (play by Sean O'Casey)
• The Quare Fellow (play by Brendan Behan)
• The Scottish play
• The Show (Nickname of Harold Arceneaux)
• The Show Business Capital Of The World (Nickname of Hollywood California)
• The Smartest Dumbbell in the History of Show Business (Nickname of comedienne Gracie Allen)
• The Truman Show (Jim Carey movie)
• The greatest tragedy is indifference (Red Cross advertising slogan)
• The only show in town
• The play's the thing
• The show must go on
• The stage is set
• There's No Business Like Show Business (Judy Garland song)
• Threepenny Opera (play by Bertolt Brecht)
• Tonight's top ten list (A catchphrase from David Letterman In The Late Show)
• 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 won't make a drama out of a crisis (Commercial Union advertising slogan)
• When the cat's away the mice will play
• Which was nice (A catchphrase from The Fast Show)
• Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? (play by Edward Albee)
• Why don't we do the show right here?
• You hum it and I'll play it
• You just can't help acting on Impulse (Impulse Deodorant advertising slogan)