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 playlet is a delirious valentine to those with a level of passion for theater that defies reason — and a pledge of allegiance to the experience of seeing things live.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2021
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
A playlet may be suggestively defined as a number of minute-long playlets moving vividly one after the other to make a vivid whole.
From Writing for Vaudeville by Page, Brett
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