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problem play

NOUN
theater of the absurd
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“We should be in unison about the primary, and we should let this other problem play itself out.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

We have seen this problem play out in the geopolitical context within the past few weeks.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2022

Instead, they let the problem play out to see what they could learn about it before fixing it.

From The Verge ● Apr. 6, 2020

“Robert can take a very complex story — a thorny problem play or a mammoth history — and energize the stage, visually as well as verbally,” Griffin says.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2017

And they discussed—together with the chances of the runners entered for the second Spring Meeting at Newmarket, and the merits of the problem play, and the newest farcical comedy—the Immortality of the Soul.

From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan




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