Meaning of playception | Babel Free

Definitions

A play that portrays actors staging a play or features an internal play; a play-within-a-play.

slang

Examples

“Playception: Each actor must portray a character playing another character.”

“"[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.”

““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 challenge for the cast and crew.”

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