The Play's the Thing may refer to:
* "The play's the thing", a quotation from Shakespeare's play ''
Hamlet'' Act 2 Scene 2
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''Actors Studio'' (TV series), a 1948-50 American television series later retitled ''The Play's the Thing''
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''The Play's the Thing'' (TV series), a 1974 Canadian television series
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''The Play's the Thing'' (play), an adaptation by P. G. Wodehouse of ''The Play at the Castle'' by Ferenc Molnár
* "The Play's the Thing", an episode of ''
Arthur''
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"The Play's the Thing" (''SpongeBob SquarePants''), an episode of ''SpongeBob SquarePants''
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