playlet

noun

Definition of playletnext
as in interlude

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Recent Examples of playlet The novelty of a concrete pier was celebrated in a September 1909 gala opening, with a playlet starring Queen Santa Monica and Rex Neptune. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024 The playlets each have from one to three actors in them and are each inspired by, but not about, a different painting. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2024 The chance to do more of it presented itself during the pandemic, when Monahon worked on virtual playlets for the 24 Hour Plays. — Rhoda Feng, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023 Shaffer had seen in Pushkin’s playlet the rudiments of a grand spectacle, framed, like so many of his plays, as a duel between two men of different generations. — Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books, 22 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for playlet
  1. interlude
  2. dramatization
  3. drama
  4. comedy
  5. melodrama
  6. tragicomedy
Noun
  • There’s a spike about an hour before first pitch, a rock-and-roll interlude to spur his adrenaline.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The Bradley Gang Massacre is one of the interludes in King’s original novel.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of interlude
Noun
  • With each new season, there has been backlash to creative choices made in the dramatizations of these true crime stories.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Jacobsen wrote a 2024 dramatization, based on dozens of interviews, of how nuclear war would unfold; this is her bioterrorism sequel.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of dramatization
Noun
  • The courtroom drama seemed to be nearing an end after Harry and other plaintiffs lost their lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail last month.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Prince Harry and Meghan’s surprise homecoming will undoubtedly trigger a frenzy of speculation in Britain where the Windsor clan’s family dramas routinely grip the nation.
    — Max Foster, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of drama
Noun
  • The comedy icon, who turned 100 in June, was born in the silent era and grew up in Brooklyn devouring double bills at his neighborhood theater in the 1930s.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Julie Klausner would like comedy liberated from the phone and returned to the sitcom.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of comedy
Noun
  • Inspired by the transient beauty of cherry blossoms, known in Japan as sakura — which is illustrated in their album cover, alongside a dark pegasus — much of the LP also hinges on melodrama.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The show is not yet as fine-tuned as its predecessor; some dialogue could use less theatrical melodrama and characterizations could be tightened, but staging is stellar.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of melodrama
Noun
  • Carys made her professional stage debut in June, playing Nina in Anton Chekhov’s tragicomedy The Seagull in Brooklyn.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
  • That’s what appears to be the case with Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, who first met in 1992 on the set of romantic tragicomedy Jamón Jamón.
    — Alessandra De Tommasi, Vanity Fair, 5 July 2026
Definition of tragicomedy

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“Playlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playlet. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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