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 movie, produced for $22 million, is based on a script by Reilly, which was adapted from a stage play of the same name, also written by the Wilson protégé.
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Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Writer-director Christy Hall, who originally conceived the scenario as a stage play, lets the chatter roll — there’s a significant stretch in which the cab isn’t even moving.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
The film is a 2022 recording of Jodie Comer’s one-woman performance of Suzie Miller’s stage play which has been watched by nearly half a million people worldwide.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 27 June 2024
There’s not much there on which to hang an American epic, though many a film and stage play has tried.
—Bob Verini, Variety, 14 June 2024
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Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Writer-director Christy Hall, who originally conceived the scenario as a stage play, lets the chatter roll — there’s a significant stretch in which the cab isn’t even moving.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
The film is a 2022 recording of Jodie Comer’s one-woman performance of Suzie Miller’s stage play which has been watched by nearly half a million people worldwide.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 27 June 2024
There’s not much there on which to hang an American epic, though many a film and stage play has tried.
—Bob Verini, Variety, 14 June 2024
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“Stage play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20play. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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