Interlude and Play

Interlude

Interlude noun - A break in continuity.

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Play and interlude are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Play" instead a noun "Interlude".

Play noun - A written work in which the story is told through speech and action that is intended to be acted out on stage.

Usage example: we'll be putting on a school play using that stage

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Interlude and play are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Interlude" instead a noun "Play".

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

musical	musical interlude	musical play
nice	nice interlude	nice play
long	long interlude	long play
short	short interlude	short play
Other adjectives: entire, little, main, early, final, fictional, next, last, extended, recent, comedic.

This actually touched off a "Louie, Louie"-esque moral panic that got it banned from radio play, until a cut version without the psychedelic interlude was released.

Source: Last Note Nightmare
Edmund "Ned" Darrell—and in the process falls in love with Ned.The Other Wiki calls Strange Interlude "an experimental play".

Source: Theatre / Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a 1932 play by Eugene O'Neill.Nina Leeds is the daughter of a college professor in the years immediately following The Great War.

Source: Theatre / Strange Interlude

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