Sentence examples for play direction from inspiring English sources

War Horse, which started at the National theatre, has just won for best play, direction, design, sound and lighting – in other words, every category for which it was nominated.

Last week, it was nominated for six Tony Awards, including best play, direction of a play (Anna D. Shapiro), leading actor in a play (Mr. Cannavale), featured actress in a play (Ms. Rodriguez) and featured actor in a play (Yul Vazquez).

"Fences," a play by August Wilson that already has won this year's Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics Circle Award, won four Tonys, including best play, direction of a play (Lloyd Richards), performance by an actor in a play (James Earl Jones) and performance by a featured actress in a play (Mary Alice).

"Eclipsed," Danai Gurira's tense drama (produced at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in 2009) about the plight of women in the Liberian Civil War, picked up six nominations, including best play, direction (Liesl Tommy) and lead actress (Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o).

Space is inevitably a restriction and I would say that, particularly with new plays, direction, design and acting often get slightly short shrift because one is focused on the dramatist's ideas.

Furthermore, arbitrage plays, direction of U.S. LNG cargoes, Algerian exports and the wider market dynamic could result in a whole host of cost competitive, if not cheap, natural gas heading Morocco's shores.

The play-direction category also boasts a respectable two women nominees, or at least one and a half: Anna D. Shapiro for "The with the Hat" and Marianne Elliot, who shares her nomination with co-director Tom Morris, for "War Horse".

I purchased a cloth pair and allowed the salesman to treat me like a 5-year-old, threading the cuff links through my sleeves while delivering a pedantic play-by-play, directions that would have spared me 15 minutes of confusion the next morning had I bothered to listen.

Although their ratings are both "very satisfactory," items 12 and 15, which concern the playing directions and number of cards, received the lowest ratings.

*++ "PROOF" (Tonys for best play and direction of a play).

*++ "PROOF" (Tony Award for best play and direction of a play).