For example,in his play "The Comedy of Errors" Shakespeare borrows certain structural details from the ancient Roman playwright Plautus.

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It tells about a troubled writer named Robert who makes a deal with women with magic powers to help him finish his play.

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Miller examined this difficult period in American history by setting his play at another difficult time.

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In his play, Taylor describes Shays as disappearing, giving others "the bag to hold."

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Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed at Ford's Theatre while watching a play with his wife in eighteen sixty-five.

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Famous people and star athletes came to see him play and many of his high school basketball games were televised.

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In July,nineteen fifty-one, New York City officials took away his right to play in nightclubs because he used illegal drugs.

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His nineteen fifty-five play, A View from the Bridge, is currently playing on Broadway in New York Citys Cort Theater.

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He is a successful online player, but so far his biggest win in live tournament play was eighty-two thousand dollars.

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But his second Broadway play, "All My Sons",was a major success It won several awards in nineteen forty-seven.

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They said they were not sure about his decision to withdraw from university studies to play poker.

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When Arthur was four, his father was given responsibility for a public play area called Brook Field.

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During that time, Onalfo thought about what he really wanted to do with his life: play soccer.

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But he wanted to be able to play the jazz he loved on his radio show without any of the restrictions of commercial radio.

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His left hand is on the table near the cards he will play in the game.

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As a child,Benjamin, or Benny as his friends called him, learned to play the violin.

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in nineteen sixty-four. Critics said it was the play most about his own life.

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At that time, the famous American music writer George Gershwin was looking for someone to play a leading part in his new work, "Porgy and Bess."

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One of his most emotional love songs never became part of a musical play,however.

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Some of his friends said he could not play the violin very well.

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Woody learned how to play the guitar by watching his father's brother play.

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The name of the play came from words he heard from his father.

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He is also a theater actor. His most recent play was personal.

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When he returned, he knew he had raised his level of play.

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