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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

Let's form a dramatic club and give a play!

From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair

One of her latest ideas was that her young guests should give a play.

From Madge Morton's Secret by Chalmers, Amy D. V.

It was the custom each year for the Thessalonians, the Boys' Literary Society of Washington High School, to give a play in the school auditorium.

From The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)




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