playlet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of playlet
Example Sentences
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The novelty of a concrete pier was celebrated in a September 1909 gala opening, with a playlet starring Queen Santa Monica and Rex Neptune.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024
In her review of the 1978 production, Times theater critic Sylvie Drake identifies “Fam and Yam” as the weak link in “Albee Directs Albee,” calling the playlet “the slenderest of self-jibes” and a “threadbare spoof.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022
The choice is out of character, the daughter reports in Cataluna’s affecting playlet, because “Her mind was trained to obey.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2022
Rapid-fire dialogue is slowed down by face-the-audience soliloquies, and the playlet focusses on the alchemy of relationships.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 15, 2019
When the curtain was drawn aside and the first act of the playlet began, individuals in the audience became interested in watching their own girls in the troupe.
From Polly in New York by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
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