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There is small effort to recall the most dazzling talker of modern times, and far too much to stress Wilde's scarred and suffering side�in whom the play-actor yet persisted.

From Time Magazine Archive

He therefore hurried Bensley to an unfrequented coffee-house, where he asked him very seriously, "Hoo could ye disgrace the corps by turning a play-actor?"

From The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. by Various

Ralph, characteristically hurried to the theatre to enter upon the profession of a play-actor.

From Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

Oh, Flora wouldn't even think about a play-actor.

From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter

“I have been a play-actor and know how to stage a pair of gabies to the show.”

From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)