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The phrase "a play in a" is not complete and lacks context, but it is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when referring to a specific type of play or a play that is part of a larger collection or series.
Example: "The director decided to include a play in a festival that showcases local talent."
Alternatives: "a performance in a" or "a drama in a".
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Misery, for example, is almost a play in a book.
Like someone watching a play in a theater, I observed the performances around me.
What a clever idea, setting a play in a "creative drama" class.
William Saroyan could write a play in a day and a short story in two hours.
But, even now, hearing a play in a reading is always spectacularly eloquent.
Another of the festival's delights is seeing a play in a foreign language.
GUARE -- Well, I think that a play in a sense is an exorcism.
After she broke her hip, she came to see me in a play in a wheelchair.
Last night was the first time I had attended a play in a cinema.
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The indoor season will continue with Francis Beaumont's play-in-a-play-in-a-play The Knight of the Burning Pestle, previously described by Dromgoole as "the most meta play ever written," and John Marston's The Malcontent, as performed by the Globe's newly formed company of child actors.
Kate Nash, Merry Happy (Fiction) "Dancing at discos," Nash crows, over a play-in-a-day faux-piano doodle.
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