Playwright 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 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
• 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