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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an old play" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a theatrical work that was created a long time ago.
Example: "The theater company decided to revive an old play that had not been performed in decades."
Alternatives: "a classic play" or "a vintage play".
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Or with which theatre-makers might adapt an old play.
Searching for new wrinkles, the Giants have unwrapped an old play.
It seems to be an old play but it is very, very modern".
Behind that velvet curtain, Alison Eighteen can feel a bit like seeing a revival of an old play in out-of-town tryouts.
Guy Masterson's Shylock plays on Saturday and is followed next week by Filter's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which will definitely offer a new take on an old play.
Although Lithgow plays this sarcastic and ignorant man with bitter intensity, the elder Kinsey seems like a huffy villain from an old play.
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I've chosen to do an older play (and let's be honest, a weird play) that has never been done in New York.
After that Mr. Albee will turn his attention to an older play, "The Lorca Play," a 1992 work about the life of the Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca.
No, this time I'm all grown up, and it's basically an older play on my character, so no little teddy bears this time.
Can fine acting make up for a clunky old play?
"The Best Man," which opens next month, may be a clumsy old play but it is timely.
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