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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