Play
Encyclopedia
Play may refer to:
- Play (activity)Play (activity)Play is a term employed in ethology and psychology to describe to a range of voluntary, intrinsically motivated activities normally associated with pleasure and enjoyment...
, enjoyment by animals including humans - Play (theatre)Play (theatre)A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
, structured literary form of theatre
Bands
- Play (Mexican band)Play (Mexican band)Play, also known as Grupo Play, is a teen Mexican band made in 2006 out of teenagers from the reality show for kids Código F.A.M.A. made by the giant company Televisa. There are 7 members in the band and only 6 out of 7 of the band were in a telenovela from Televisa. They have already had their...
(or Grupo Play), Mexican band - Play (Swedish band), Swedish band
Albums
- Play (Brad Paisley album)Play (Brad Paisley album)Play, also known as Play: The Guitar Album, is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released on November 4, 2008 . Like all of his previous albums, Play was released on Arista Nashville and produced by Frank Rogers. The album is largely instrumental in...
- Play (Bond album)Play (Bond album)In an interview of Tania Davis by the Birmingham Mail, Davis revealed that they are currently working on their next studio album. She also noted that the next album will have Gypsy, Folk and Eastern European influences...
- Play (David Ball album)Play (David Ball album)Play is the title of the fourth studio album by American country music singer David Ball. It was released in 1999 on Warner Bros. Records. The album produced the singles "Watching My Baby Not Come Back" and "I Want To with You", which respectively reached #47 and #67 on the Billboard country...
- Play (Great Big Sea album)Play (Great Big Sea album)-Track listing:#"Ordinary Day" 3:09#"When I'm Up " 3:24#"The Night Pat Murphy Died" 3:02...
- Play (Moby album)Play (Moby album)Play is the fifth studio album by American electronica musician Moby, released on May 17, 1999 on V2 Records. While some of Moby's earlier work garnered critical and commercial success within the electronic dance music scene, Play was both a critical success and a commercial phenomenon...
- Play (Namie Amuro album)Play (Namie Amuro album)Play is the eighth studio album by Japanese pop singer Namie Amuro, released on June 27, 2007 in Japan. The follow-up to her successful 2005 album Queen of Hip-Pop, Play showcases her new hip-pop genre. This also marks her first album to be released in both the CD and CD+DVD formats. PLAY is her...
- Play (Play album)Play (Play album)-American release :-Personnel:*Faye Hamlin *Anaïs Lameche *Anna Sundstrand *Rosie Munter -External links:* at Billboard.com...
, album by the Swedish band - Play (S.H.E album)Play (S.H.E album)Play is the eighth studio album by Taiwanese Mandopop girl group S.H.E. It was released on 11 May 2007 by HIM International Music. During the week of its release, Play accounted for over half of all Taiwanese album sales, beating out its runner up by over 40% of the market share. Over 100,000...
- Play (Squeeze album)Play (Squeeze album)Play is a 1991 album by the British New Wave group Squeeze. It is the band's ninth album, and their only released by Reprise Records. It is also of note as it is the first LP in the Squeeze discography to feature only four official members instead of five...
- Plays, an album by Andy Dixon (Secret Mommy)
Songs
- "Play", a song by SS501
- "Play" (David Banner song)Play (David Banner song)"Play" is the second single released by rapper David Banner from his fourth studio album Certified. It was produced by Mr. Collipark.Released in 2005, the single peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, remaining his sole top 10 hit and his best-performing single.An alternate version, entitled the...
- "Play" (Jennifer Lopez song)Play (Jennifer Lopez song)"Play" is the second single from Jennifer Lopez's second album, J.Lo. Singer Christina Milian co-penned the song for Lopez before hitting the music scene herself. She has also allegedly provided vocals for the chorus...
- Play (EP)Play (EP)Play is the second extended player by British band Ride.The EP was combined with its predecessor Ride to form the Smile mini-album for the US market in July, 1990...
, extended play recording by Ride - "Play" (Robyn song)Play (Robyn song)"Play" is a song by Robyn, released as the second single from her second album My Truth in 1999. The single was a moderate success in Sweden and peaked at #31, Robyn's 6th consecutive top 40 single in her home country even without a music video....
Others
- Play! A Video Game SymphonyPlay! A Video Game SymphonyPLAY! A Video Game Symphony is a concert series that features music from video games performed by a live orchestra. The concerts from 2006 to 2010 were conducted by Arnie Roth...
, a symphony tour featuring video game music - Play 99.6 (radio), a radio station in Jordan
- Christopher "Play" Martin, one half of hip-hop duo Kid 'n Play
Other arts and entertainment
- Play (film), an upcoming Bollywood film
- Play (New York Times)Play (New York Times)Play Magazine is a quarterly online sports magazine, associated with The New York Times.-References:*...
, a sports magazine from The New York Times - Play (play)Play (play)Play is a one-act play by Samuel Beckett. It was written between 1962 and 1963 and first produced in German as Spiel on 14 June 1963 at the Ulmer Theatre in Ulm-Donau, Germany, directed by Deryk Mendel, with Nancy Illig , Sigfrid Pfeiffer and Gerhard Winter...
, written by Samuel Beckett - Play (TV series), a Canadian news magazine series
- Play (UK magazine), a UK PlayStation magazine
- Play (US magazine)Play (US magazine)Play was a U.S.-based magazine focused on video games, anime, manga, film, DVD, television, comics, music and media. Published by Fusion Publishing, Inc. since 2001, Play magazine also had a separate Internet presence on its website, Play Online...
, a United States video game magazine - Play (2009 short film), directed by David Kaplan (filmmaker)David Kaplan (filmmaker)David Kaplan is the writer/director of several films based on fairy tales and folklore, including the feature film Year of the Fish , which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically in 2008....
- Play, The Videogames WorldPlay, The Videogames WorldPlay, The Videogame World was the first European exhibition on videogames. It was held at Palazzo delle Esposizioni, one of the main contemporary art museums in Rome - Italy, from the 24th of April to the 10th of July 2002...
, first European exhibition on videogames - Television playTelevision playFrom the 1950s until the early 1980s, the television play was a popular television programming genre in the United Kingdom, with a shorter span in the United States. The genre was often associated with the social realist-influenced British drama style known as "kitchen sink realism", which depicted...
, television genre - Wii PlayWii PlayWii Play, released as in Japan, is a party video game for the Wii console. It is a counterpart to the games Wii Sports, Wii Music and Wii Fit. It features minigames that use characters from the Mii Channel. Several of the games featured are from E3 2006 demos such as the Duck Hunt-styled shooting...
, a video game released for the Wii video game console
In sports
- Play from scrimmagePlay from scrimmageA play from scrimmage is the activity of the games of Canadian football and American football during which one team tries to advance the ball or to score, and the other team tries to stop them or take the ball away. Once a play is over, and before the next play starts, the football is considered...
, an organized action as part of the game, in American and Canadian football - The PlayThe PlayThe Play refers to a last-second kickoff return during a college football game between the and the Stanford University Cardinal on Saturday, November 20, 1982...
, a controversial and historic last second kickoff return for a touchdown in the 1982 Cal–Stanford 'Big Game'
Other uses
- Backlash (engineering)Backlash (engineering)In mechanical engineering, backlash, sometimes called lash or play, is clearance between mating components, sometimes described as the amount of lost motion due to clearance or slackness when movement is reversed and contact is re-established...
, the amount of lost motion due to clearance or slackness between mating components when movement is reversed - Play.comPlay.comPlay Ltd., trading as Play.com, is a Jersey-based online retailer of DVDs, CDs, books, gadgets, video games, DRM-free MP3 downloads, and other electronic products, as well as clothes and accessories. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Rakuten Group....
, an online retail company - Petroleum playPetroleum playIn geology, a petroleum play, or simply a play, is a group of petroleum fields or prospects in the same region that are controlled by the same set of geological circumstances.The normal steps in the play cycle are:...
, group of oil fields or prospects in the same region that are controlled by the same set of geological circumstances - Play FrameworkPlay FrameworkPlay is an open source web application framework, written in Java, which follows the model-view-controller architectural pattern. It aims to optimize developer productivity by using convention over configuration, hot code reloading and display of errors in the browser.Although Play is written in...
, in computer science, an open source web application framework in Java. - Play MobilePlay MobilePlay, P4 is a brand name of the fourth Polish cellular telecommunications provider.Icelandic-led Novator acquired a large stake in the company.- Network :...
, a Polish internet provider and mobile operator - Word playWord playWord play or wordplay is a literary technique in which the words that are used become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement...
, literary and narrative technique