byplay

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Any action, carried out onstage during a performance, apart from the main action.

   • [...] there had been some amusing byplay with the enginemen as to what might be expected to happen if the engines failed to behave themselves properly.
   • The father-son byplay is occasionally overdone and tedious, but there is a genuine warmth in both the Oland-Luke and the Toler-Sen Yung teamings.
2. 2

   Any action, by supporting actor.

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