playception

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.”

CEFR level