Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A poster announcing a theatrical performance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bill or placard displayed as an advertisement of a play, with or without the parts assigned to the actors; a bill of the play; a program.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A printed programme of a play, with the parts assigned to the actors.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
poster advertising atheatrical performance . - noun A
program /programme /pamphlet for a theatrical performance.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a theatrical program
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Examples
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QUOTATION: The playbill, which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark being left out.
Quotations 1919
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The playbill, which is said to have announced the tragedy of
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862
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73The playbill, which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark being left out.
Quotations 1919
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5184The playbill, which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark being left out.
Quotations 1919
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Crusaders” would resemble the playbill, which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark being left out.
The Talisman 2008
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As for the "many other characters" listed in the playbill, well, they too are wonderful -- and the climax of the play, one of the most interesting in modern theater, delivers an exquisite, and beautifully comic-tragic level of nonsense.
Marc Porter Zasada: Theater Review: Chairs in the City of Dreams Marc Porter Zasada 2011
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As for the "many other characters" listed in the playbill, well, they too are wonderful -- and the climax of the play, one of the most interesting in modern theater, delivers an exquisite, and beautifully comic-tragic level of nonsense.
Marc Porter Zasada: Theater Review: Chairs in the City of Dreams Marc Porter Zasada 2011
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Note that despite an error in the playbill, she is the sole director -- not that husband Geoff doesn't help create the necessary illusions.
Marc Porter Zasada: Theater Review: Chairs in the City of Dreams Marc Porter Zasada 2011
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Note that despite an error in the playbill, she is the sole director -- not that husband Geoff doesn't help create the necessary illusions.
Marc Porter Zasada: Theater Review: Chairs in the City of Dreams Marc Porter Zasada 2011
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As for the "many other characters" listed in the playbill, well, they too are wonderful -- and the climax of the play, one of the most interesting in modern theater, delivers an exquisite, and beautifully comic-tragic level of nonsense.
Marc Porter Zasada: Theater Review: Chairs in the City of Dreams Marc Porter Zasada 2011
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