play-bill
(ˈpleɪbɪl)
A bill or placard announcing a play and giving the names of the actors to whom the various parts are assigned.
| 1673 [R. Leigh] Transp. Reh. 1 Having posted up a playbill for the title of his book..being prefer'd from writing of bills for the play-houses. 1759 Johnson Idler No. 47 ¶10 His first care in the morning is to read the play-bills. 1875 Lowell Wks. (1890) IV. 376 Theatrical critiques as ephemeral as play-bills. |