thesis play

noun

1. a play that develops or defends a particular thesis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thesis play¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

“Strife” is an intelligent thesis play, not on the verbal or theatrical level of George Bernard Shaw’s sparkling comedy of ideas but impressive all the same for its complexity of argument and compassionate determination to understand all sides of a problem.

From Los Angeles Times

A year before I was to write my thesis play, and long before I had even conceived of the play, I was asked to write a two-hander.

From Los Angeles Times

But what role should the thesis play in that assessment?

From Nature

Before he graduated from Yale, there were alarmed reports coming out of New Haven about his thesis play, “Yell: a ‘documentary’ of my time here.”

From Los Angeles Times

His thesis play, “An Ordinary Muslim,” tells the story of Azeem Bhatti and his wife, Saima Khan, as they navigate the complicated intersection of their Pakistani heritage and contemporary British culture.

From New York Times