playbill

English

Etymology

play +‎ bill

Noun

playbill (plural playbills)

A poster advertising a theatrical performance.
A program/programme/pamphlet for a theatrical performance.

Quotations

1830 John Bernard - Retrospections of the Stage - Page 155
On strolling about the town, I perceived a playbill, and at the head of it the name of that celebrated itinerant, James Whitely.
1853 George E Baker - The Works of William H. Seward - Page 561
I confess my regret, although meliorated, was not banished by reading upon my playbill the name of Madame Malibran as the principal singer.

Translations

poster

Finnish: ohjelmajuliste
Italian: manifesto (it) m, locandina (it) f

Swedish: teateraffisch

program

Finnish: ohjelma (fi), ohjelmavihkonen

Italian: locandina (it) f

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