The phrase "a poor play" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a theatrical performance that is of low quality or not well-received.
Example: "The critics were harsh, stating that it was a poor play with weak character development and a predictable plot."
Alternatives: "an inferior performance" or "a subpar production".
Alou said Taveras ran on his own and he called it a poor play.
Review of "Come Back to the 5 and Dime Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean" Director Robert Altman has produced a magical film out of a poor play by Ed Graczyk.
On June 10 , 1976 the American Place Theatre presented a rehearsed reading, which Barthelme later called, in a letter to Handman, an "invaluable" experience that taught him "what a poor play I had written".
That's fitting, in a way, given that "The/King/Operetta" as a whole is tedious, fully illustrating Brook's observation that, in a poor play, "the impressions are well spaced out, they lope along in single file, and in the gaps the heart can sleep while the mind wanders to the day's annoyances and thoughts of dinner".
Lingering in the pocket could risk a poor play or even an injury, Helton said, making Saturday a test for the freshman.
Klopp felt that Liverpool deserved a draw on what was a poor playing surface.
He also has a poor playing history in Montreal, where he has not won a regular-season game since 2009, though he was 2-1 with a 2.82 goals-against average and a.915 save percentage during the 2014 playoffs.
But, if sixth-placed Hull caused an upset by winning at Warrington, who have a poor play-off record, that might also enter Wigan's thinking, especially if champions Leeds win in France.
"I wrote a play, a very poor play, when I was 16, which was called For Love of Biafra".
Obviously East's winning Trick 5 was wrong as the cards lay, but West made a very poor play on the second round of diamonds, which left East uncertain about that suit's layout.
BOSTON--Scientists have a new theory to explain the Boston Red Sox's 80-years-and-counting without winning a World Series: Poor play resulted from a deletion of the genes responsible for producing the proteins catchin and hittin.
