suspenser

suspenser
 n.β€” Β«β€œMauritius” caters efficiently to a hunger that Broadway hasn’t been gratifying in recent years. That’s the corkscrew-twist drama of suspense, a genre that was a theatrical staple for much of the 20th century.…And β€œMauritius” is head and shoulders over recent Broadway examples of what the trade papers like to call suspensers, half-baked plays like John Pielmeier’s β€œVoices in the Dark” and Stephen Belber’s β€œMatch.”» β€”β€œThree Thugs and a Stamp Collection” by Ben Brantley New York Times Oct. 5, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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