Play

Play may refer to:

• Play (activity), enjoyed by animals, including humans
• Play (theatre), structured literary form of theatre

In literature and publications

• Play (play), written by Samuel Beckett
• Play (New York Times), a sports magazine from The New York Times
• Play (UK magazine), a UK PlayStation magazine
• Play (US magazine), a United States video game magazine
• Play (PRC magazine), China's oldest PC gaming magazine

In films

• Play (2005 film), a Chilean film directed by Alicia Scherson
• Play, a 2009 short film directed by David Kaplan
• Play (2011 film), a Swedish film directed by Ruben Östlund
• The Play (film), a 2013 Bengali film
• Rush (2012 film), an Indian film earlier titled Play and also known as Raftaar 24 x 7

In television

• Play (TV series), a Canadian news magazine series
• Television play, television genre
• The Play, 2011 episode of the TV series The Middle (TV series)
• The Play, 1993 episode of the TV series Matlock (TV series)
• The Play, 1968 episode of the TV series Mission: Impossible
• The Play, 1986 episode of the TV series Mr. Belvedere
• The Play, 2005 episode of the TV series Zoey 101

In games

• Play, The Videogames World, first European exhibition on videogames
• Wii Play, a 2006 video game released for the Wii video game console

In sports

• Play from scrimmage, an organized action as part of the game, in American and Canadian football
• The Play (Stanford vs. California), an American football last-second kickoff return for a touchdown in the 1982 Cal–Stanford 'Big Game'

In computers and the Internet

• Google Play, a digital content service offered by Google
• Play Framework, in computer science, an open source web application framework in Java
• Play Mobile, a Polish internet provider and mobile operator
• Play.com, an online retail company
• Xperia Play, released in 2011, an Android phone capable of running PlayStation games

Technology

• Backlash (engineering), the amount of lost motion due to clearance or slackness between mating components when movement is reversed
• Petroleum play, group of oil fields or prospects in the same region that are controlled by the same set of geological circumstances
• Word play, literary and narrative technique

Art

• Play (Jonker), a 2002 abstract sculpture by Lars Jonker

Sexuality

• Play (BDSM), any of a wide variety of "kinky" activities

In music

Bands

• Play (group), Swedish pop girl group
• Play (Mexican band) (or Grupo Play), Mexican band

Albums

• Play (Peter Gabriel video album)
• Play (Bond album)
• Play (Brad Paisley album)
• Play (David Ball album)
• Play (Great Big Sea album), 1997
• Play (Magazine album), 1980
• Play (Moby album), 1999
• Play (Namie Amuro album), 2007
• Play (Play album), an album by the Swedish band
• Play (S.H.E album)
• Play (Squeeze album), 1991
• Play (Chick Corea and Bobby McFerrin album), 1992
• Play (Doug E. Fresh album)
• Play (Joanna MacGregor album), 2002
• Play (Mike Stern album), 1999
• Play (Akdong Musician album), 2014
• Plays, an album by Andy Dixon (Secret Mommy)
• Play (Jolin Tsai album), 2014
• Plays (album), a collaboration album between Smegma and Merzbow

Songs

• "Play" (David Banner song)
• Play (EP), extended play recording by Ride
• "Play" (Jennifer Lopez song), 2001
• "Play" (Robyn song), 1999
• "Play", a song by SS501
• The Play, suite from Elvis Costello composition Il Sogno

Others

• Play 99.6 (radio), a radio station in Jordan
• Play! A Video Game Symphony, a symphony tour featuring video game music
• Play (composition), a 2013 symphony by Andrew Norman
• Christopher "Play" Martin, one half of hip-hop duo Kid 'n Play

See also

• Player (disambiguation)