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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Â© The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

play1 play within a play a play acted as part of the action of another play; often with reference to Hamlet, in which Hamlet arranges for the Players to perform a play (‘the Mouse-trap’) which shows the circumstances of his father's murder.

See also fair play's a jewel, give and take is fair play, turn about is fair play, all work and no play.

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