playlet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of playlet
Example Sentences
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The novelty of a concrete pier was celebrated in a September 1909 gala opening, with a playlet starring Queen Santa Monica and Rex Neptune.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024
In her review of the 1978 production, Times theater critic Sylvie Drake identifies “Fam and Yam” as the weak link in “Albee Directs Albee,” calling the playlet “the slenderest of self-jibes” and a “threadbare spoof.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022
Last month, in a community garden in Bushwick, a troupe guided by Rachel Chavkin’s organization, the Team, produced Ellpetha Tsivicos and Camilo Quiroz-Vazquez’s “Quince,” an immersive playlet with music about a quinceañera celebration.
From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2020
Rapid-fire dialogue is slowed down by face-the-audience soliloquies, and the playlet focusses on the alchemy of relationships.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 15, 2019
Perhaps the author of the playlet was a novice in writing headlines, or maybe the director was a know-it-all.
From Writing the Photoplay by Esenwein, J. Berg (Joseph Berg)
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