give a play

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Moralists and pragmatists might argue, from their different perspectives, that it is silly to give a play a name that has to have one, two or three letters removed for advertising or publishing purposes.

From The Guardian • May 28, 2015

It nevertheless takes much more than heightened scenic effect to give a play dramatic power.

From Time Magazine Archive

The schools take the matter up and the Board of Education approves a plan for the pupils to give a play for the benefit of the Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

From The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to by Hill, Grace Brooks

We were talking about what the senior class might do in the way of stunts, and some one proposed that we ought to give a play after midyears.

From Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]

"Yes, and we are going to give a play on our own account," said Molly, coming up at that moment.

From Dorothy Dale at Glenwood School by Penrose, Margaret