stage play
noun
: a play that is written to be performed on a stage
She's currently adapting a stage play for the big screen.
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The stage play came out of a desire to not be on a promotional book tour, and to keep my own interest in it.
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2025
This faux screener introduces the stage play, the museum show, and the faux bio-pic to the public (or some staged semblance thereof) and leads to yet another vortex of ironic instability.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 1 May 2025
Daldry and co-director Justin Martin had previously collaborated with Netflix on The Crown, after directing the stage play, The Audience, it was based on.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
In the stage play, Clooney steps into Murrow's shoes.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2025
This faux screener introduces the stage play, the museum show, and the faux bio-pic to the public (or some staged semblance thereof) and leads to yet another vortex of ironic instability.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 1 May 2025
Daldry and co-director Justin Martin had previously collaborated with Netflix on The Crown, after directing the stage play, The Audience, it was based on.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
In the stage play, Clooney steps into Murrow's shoes.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Stage play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20play. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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