Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Originally, a dramatic performance; hence, a play or drama adapted for representation on the stage, as distinguished from a reading- or closet-play.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A dramatic or theatrical entertainment.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A play written to be performed on the stage.

Etymologies

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stage +‎ play

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  • "Originally, a dramatic performance; hence, a play or drama adapted for representation on the stage, as distinguished from a reading- or closet-play." --Cent. Dict.

    April 26, 2011