playbill

English

Etymology

play +‎ bill

Noun

playbill (plural playbills)

1. A poster advertising a theatrical performance.
2. 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

• Bulgarian: афиш (bg) m (afiš)
• Finnish: ohjelmajuliste
• Italian: manifesto (it) m, locandina (it) f
• Swedish: teateraffisch

program

• Bulgarian: програма (bg) f (programa)
• Finnish: ohjelma (fi), ohjelmavihkonen
• Italian: locandina (it) f