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‘A person may play a character.’

[⟨det person.nplay.v ⟨det character.n⟩]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The 23 – year – old Norwegian model, who plays the central character in the music vid that’s quickening pulses around Europe, has a past as an adult film star.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Now I’m playing my second character, and I just started my fourth adventure without losing an encounter yet.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

So while I did a relationship meme already, I’m begging (?) for more input on how I play this particular character.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

So then I begin wondering if I can play my character right at all.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He’ll come across as cocky, arrogant and picking fights… be warned: he can angst, too (I play too many angsty characters).
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

You may play characters from any anime, manga, movie, or video game of your choice.
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In Wikipedia:

Estelle Harris, who played the character, had not seen “Seinfeld” before she auditioned for the role.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

No, this is with forum story lines wherein my character was magically puppetted around into being completely out of character and ignoring her own suggestions for how to resolve the problem, and now I find out that people disliked my requests to halt and desist so that I could play my own character.
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In Wikipedia:

Erik Knudsen, who played the lead character, has gone on to do other projects.
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In Wikipedia:

Davis, Chris Owens, James Pickens Jr. and Mitch Pileggi playing different characters in 1939 on a British warship.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It was so much fun to sit with you at lunch and watch you play silly characters and harp about the Green Lantern and anime.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

If you play multiple characters, you must be able to differentiate between them.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

So then I begin wondering if I can play my character right at all.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I am willing to consider having players take on additional characters (or’ ‘alts’ ’). Should you wish to do this, the following conditions apply: You may play as many characters as you like, but be sure that you have enough time to play them all.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Margo is Penelope Keith, who played almost the exact same character in To the Manor Born, and Jerry is Paul Eddington, best known as Jim Hacker in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

You must have played your second character for a month before you can apply for a third.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

There are also five people dressed in all – black Victorian outfits, who play minor characters on occasion (guy at restaurant who pours Oscar and Bosie some more wine, prison guard) and also are puppeteers, because Cyril and Vyvyan are both lifesize puppets.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Stone had an’ ’ absolute belief that I could play this character who was absolutely nothing like me.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It is interesting that in some R & J productions, they just sort of cut out the L. M. death (including the Zefferelli film), making me wonder that it wasn’t so much a plot requirement as a pragmatic one for the actors – the actor (male) who played the character was needed for another role, and with today’s use of women to play their parts, and sometimes playing men’s roles to balance things better, that’s less necessary.
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Queried on 2013-05-20.