Definition of Playlet

1. Noun. A short play.

Generic synonyms: Drama, Dramatic Play, Play
Derivative terms: Play, Play

Definition of Playlet

1. Noun. A short play (dramatic work). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Playlet

1. a short theatrical performance [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Playlet

playing card
playing cards
playing down
playing field
playing fields
playing in
playing period
playing possum
playing the board
playings
playland
playlands
playleader
playleaders
playless
playlet (current term)
playlets
playlike
playline
playlist
playlisted
playlisting
playlistism
playlists
playlot
playlots
playmaker
playmakers
playmaking
playmakings

Literary usage of Playlet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Writing for Vaudeville: With Nine Complete Examples of Various Vaudeville by Brett Page, Joseph Berg Esenwein (1915)
"You should be sure before you begin even to think out your playlet, that its problem is in full accord with the very best, and that it will fit into ..."

2. The Commencement Manual: Salutatories, Valedictories, Addresses and by Edith F A U (Palmer) Painton (1915)
"... THOUGH THE ROCKS BE RUGGED" A playlet for N'ine Girls. CHARACTERS. GLADYS. JENNIE. DOROTHY. GERTRUDE. OLGA. MABEL. KATHRYN. HELEN. ROSE. COSTUMES. ..."

3. The Dramatic Index for ...: Covering Articles and Illustrations Concerning edited by Anne C. Sutherland, Frederick Winthrop Faxon, Mary Estella Bates (1916)
"Judith and Ariel ; a fresh air playlet.— Our friends the foods ; a food playlet.— In a tenement ; a tenement playlet.— Killing giants ; a juvenile court ..."

4. Graded Outlines in Hygiene by Walter Frank Cobb (1922)
"SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH WEEKS Rehearsal of a playlet. These two weeks will give enough time ... A study of the playlet will afford an excellent review. ..."

5. Projects for the High School: Sample Materials for Junior and Senior High School by Charles Herbert Elliot, Charles S. Crow (1921)
"Since they wanted a playlet, they suggested writing their topics as characters, ... The outline of the playlet was written by one of the pupils. ..."

6. The English Journal by National Council of Teachers of English (1919)
"THE NEW SPIRIT OUT OF THE DARK1 A playlet OF FRANCE UNDER THE OLD REGIME ETHEL M. ... In submitting it she said, "This playlet is one step in the process of ..."

7. Writing for Vaudeville: With Nine Complete Examples of Various Vaudeville by Brett Page, Joseph Berg Esenwein (1915)
"You should be sure before you begin even to think out your playlet, that its problem is in full accord with the very best, and that it will fit into ..."

8. The Commencement Manual: Salutatories, Valedictories, Addresses and by Edith F A U (Palmer) Painton (1915)
"... THOUGH THE ROCKS BE RUGGED" A playlet for N'ine Girls. CHARACTERS. GLADYS. JENNIE. DOROTHY. GERTRUDE. OLGA. MABEL. KATHRYN. HELEN. ROSE. COSTUMES. ..."

9. The Dramatic Index for ...: Covering Articles and Illustrations Concerning edited by Anne C. Sutherland, Frederick Winthrop Faxon, Mary Estella Bates (1916)
"Judith and Ariel ; a fresh air playlet.— Our friends the foods ; a food playlet.— In a tenement ; a tenement playlet.— Killing giants ; a juvenile court ..."

10. Graded Outlines in Hygiene by Walter Frank Cobb (1922)
"SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH WEEKS Rehearsal of a playlet. These two weeks will give enough time ... A study of the playlet will afford an excellent review. ..."

11. Projects for the High School: Sample Materials for Junior and Senior High School by Charles Herbert Elliot, Charles S. Crow (1921)
"Since they wanted a playlet, they suggested writing their topics as characters, ... The outline of the playlet was written by one of the pupils. ..."

12. The English Journal by National Council of Teachers of English (1919)
"THE NEW SPIRIT OUT OF THE DARK1 A playlet OF FRANCE UNDER THE OLD REGIME ETHEL M. ... In submitting it she said, "This playlet is one step in the process of ..."

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