playception
A play that portrays actors staging a play or features an internal play; a play-within-a-play.
Noun
- A play that portrays actors staging a play or features an internal play; a play-within-a-play.
- Playception: Each actor must portray a character playing another character. - 2012, Maura Breen, "Latest play presents challenge for actors", Tan & Cardinal (Otterbein University), Volume 94, Issue 5, 26 September 2012,...
- "[title of show]" tells the story about two guys writing a play about two guys who are writing a play. You get a play-ception sort of feel watching this performance. - 2016, Katherine Bauer, "[title of show] plays off...
- “It's playception,” junior Isabel Leiva described, explaining the premise of the play. With an endless list of costumes, props, and characters, and a play-within-a-play, the complexity of the show has proven to be a big...
Origin
From play + -ception.