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playIn zoology, actions that have all the elements of purposeful behaviour but are performed for no apparent reason. Play has been documented only among mammals and birds. It is most common among immature animals, but adult animals also play. Horses, cattle, and other ungulates run and kick up their heels even when not fleeing from predators or defending themselves. Dogs adopt an aggressive posture to entice others to join in mock combat. Otters are well known for their mud sliding. Male birds may spontaneously perform their territorial songs when there is no intruding rival. play 1. a dramatic composition written for performance by actors on a stage, on television, etc.; drama 2. a. the performance of a dramatic composition b. (in combination): playreader
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So if you have an interesting story, and you write a stageplay, or a novel, or produce a film, you almost open a window for Americans to peek in and you get their interest and they will enjoy it. The fact that Hedwig actually realizes this denouement seems a matter as much of stageplay as of dramatic necessity. The material started life as a stageplay by actor-scribe Chazz Palminteri, who parodied his own writing skills when he played the talented bodyguard in "Bullets Over Broadway. |
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