playbill

playbill
playbill (n.) also play-bill, 1670s, from PLAY (Cf. play) (n.) + BILL (Cf. bill) (n.1).

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  • playbill — playbill; Playbill; …   English syllables

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  • Playbill —    Printer Frank Vance Strauss established a company to produce programs for New York theatrical productions in 1884. These programs were of the four page variety typical of the period, but in 1911 Strauss created a longer format filled with… …   The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

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  • playbill — noun Date: 1616 a bill advertising a play and usually announcing the cast …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Playbill — trademark used for a theater program …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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