actor-proof
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of actor-proof
Example Sentences
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I’ve had playwriting advisers say things like, “You need to write an actor-proof play.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
“You can’t actor-proof your script, but I’d have written that character slightly differently to prevent those problems.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2018
In the meantime the girl has triumphantly played the actor-proof kissing part of Juliet opposite the great actor when several people simultaneously fell ill.
From Time Magazine Archive
The script is virtually actor-proof: all the characters are kept so busy ducking bullets, knives and pottery that they rarely get a chance to deliver a line, let alone muff one.
From Time Magazine Archive
But if this piece ain't actor-proof, I'm no judge.
From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph
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