miniplay

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noun

A very short play (dramatic work).

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Meanings

nounminiplay (plural miniplays)

plural miniplays

  1. A very short play (dramatic work).

    Each miniplay can vary from performance to performance. Ms. Bannon described how one play, in which a woman details her love life, tended to get interrupted by spectators spontaneously describing their own relationships.

    2007 January 28, Mark Blankenship, “The Whole Audience Sits in One Chair, the Cast in the Other”, in New York Times

Origin

From mini- + play.

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APA

miniplay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miniplay

MLA

“miniplay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miniplay. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miniplay,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miniplay.

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