The phrase "and the first play" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific play that is the first in a series or context.
Example: "The director decided to focus on the themes of love and the first play in the trilogy."
Alternatives: "and the initial play" or "and the opening play".
"We talked about turnovers for 10 days, and the first play we had a turnover," Tony Parker said with a chuckle Friday.
He is an expert on Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and the first play his son saw was "The School for Scandal," eventually many times in many productions.
Names of course don't really matter, it is the quality of the work that counts, and the first play in the new season demonstrates that this South London furnace of new writing has lost none of its heat.
Also on the list: "The Audience," of course, and the shows by Alan Bennett at the National; "The Judas Kiss," starring a padded Rupert Everett as Oscar Wilde; a new play by Simon Stephens, "Port" and the first play by William Boyd and the West End opening of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time".
The second play by Barbato stopped a Sacred Heart Prep drive on downs inside CdM's 10-yard line late in the fourth quarter and the first play resulted in a CdM touchdown late in the first quarter.
In fact, Simpson's plays are not plays at all but expertly fashioned dreams, which apply the rules, or non-rules, of Surrealism to respectability and order (the first play), and to the quest for truth (the second play.
He appeared in the subsequent rivalry game against the Ohio State Buckeyes, and during the first play, he opposed Bobby Carpenter and Carpenter got a broken leg.
Green Bay won the coin toss and on the first play, Jennings was matched up in man-to-man coverage on the left side.
The Seminoles returned the kickoff to their 22-yard line, and on the first play of the second half attempted a lateral pass.
The interception was returned to the Boston College 10-yard line, and on the first play by Tech's offense, Evans ran the ten yards for a touchdown.
Kramer's semi-autobiographical work is a touchstone of arts activism and was the first play to give voice to the AIDS crisis of the early '80s.
