The phrase "a former play" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a play that was previously performed or created, often in a context discussing theater or literature.
Example: "The director decided to revisit a former play that had received critical acclaim during its original run."
Alternatives: "an earlier play" or "a previous play".
"How can you say something like that?" said Mel Proctor, a former play-by-play announcer for several major league baseball and N.B.A. teams and the author of a new autobiography, "I Love the Work... but I Hate the Business".
A former playing colleague of Johnston's, Radosavljevic had coached Chivas USA to the playoffs and was named the M.L.S. coach of the year in 2007.
"It would have been great for Luke to make it, obviously being a good friend of mine and a former playing partner of mine.
As a former baseball play-by-play announcer, I understand the subtleties that go into making a broadcaster great, and this crew is truly exceptional.
Mixing of inorganic particle into polymer material is widely used to tailor polymer with desired physical properties and processibility, in which the size and concentration of the former play a critical role in polymer processing.
The former play only a role in what we would call Newton's theology, but the latter are an integral part of what we could his science.
In the film, which hits theaters this weekend, the former "Breaking Bad" star plays a wealthy quadriplegic who hires a former criminal, played by Kevin Hart, to be his caregiver.
Pfeiffer plays a retiring courtesan, who is asked by a former rival, played by Kathy Bates, to take her teenage son in hand.
The most potent encounter is with a former lover, played by Ms. Minogue.
There is a very nice scene with a former lover played by Sam Elliott.
Jets Coach Herman Edwards, a former cornerback, played in the San Diego State secondary with the Giants' defensive coordinator, John Fox, a former safety.
