Sentence examples for not plays from inspiring English sources

So why not plays?

Butterworth grew up watching films, not plays.

Lochhead: Then they should write novels, not plays.

These were not plays that had to sell themselves.

Well, major symphonies and ballets are constantly revisited, so why not plays?

In the end, there's a reason novelists write novels, and not plays.

did not play.

I'm not playing.

They did not play.

Not playing baseball".

I do not play me.