full-length play

collocation in English

meaningsoffull-lengthandplay

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full-length
adjective
uk
/ˌfʊlˈleŋθ/us
/ˌfʊlˈleŋθ/
A full-length mirror, curtain, or piece of clothing reaches ...
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play
noun
uk
/pleɪ/us
/pleɪ/
a piece of writing that is intended to be acted in a theatre or on radio ...
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(Definition offull-lengthandplayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It can be dispensed with, and usually is, on grounds that it is just too long to include in an alreadyfull-lengthplay.
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These productions include afull-lengthplayin the fall, a one-act play festival in the winter, and a musical in the spring.
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Afull-lengthplayusually has from six to fifteen or more scenes.
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It grew from a vaudeville sketch into afull-lengthplayand was eventually made into a feature film.
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Two full-length plays (benxi) would have to be performed.
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Nearly everyfull-lengthplayoccupies five acts.
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Since then, the company has annually produced at least onefull-lengthplay, one musical, and numerous shorter plays directed by the three theatre teachers, student teachers, guest directors, and senior-directors.
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Their theatrical work culminates in the eighth group with the performance of one-act plays the students write and direct themselves and the production of a professionally scriptedfull-lengthplay.
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She never wrote afull-lengthplay.
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Kooman had previously published literature, but this was his firstfull-lengthplay.
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His long career produced hundreds of dramatic and literary works, including short and full-length plays, musical comedies, and historical fiction novels.
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He has written nine full-length plays, more than 80 one-act plays and a few novels.
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Performances draw from daily life, and sometimes full-length plays are staged.
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During their time at the hall, they presented a total of thirteen full-length plays.
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In the composition and performance of his dozen full-length plays and five collections of one-act drama, he traveled from the realistic to the mythopoeic mode.
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