Noun
stage play (plural stage plays)
Alternative form of stageplay
A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay. Dirk Benedict
My first lead role was a stage play called A Kestrel for a Knave. I was 11. Justin Chadwick
Most of my nightmares involve me forgetting my lines in a stage play. Robert Englund
A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors. Colin Wilson
A stage play is basically a form of uber-schizophrenia. You split yourself into two minds - one being the protagonist and the other being the antagonist. The playwright also splits himself into two other minds: the mind of the writer and the mind of the audience. David Mamet
When AI approximates Machine Intelligence, then many online and computer-run RPGs will move towards actual RPG activity. Nonetheless, that will not replace the experience of 'being there,' any more than seeing a theatrical motion picture can replace the stage play. Gary Gygax