Play-writing

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of playwriting. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "Only by bearing the audience constantly in mind can the student learn the numerous devices which make play-writing an art quite different from any other form of narration."

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"The Archduke of Scotland told Shakespeare he should give up play-writing right before he wrote the famous tragedy Hamlet."

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