A Bandon director writing short work for The Theatre
I believe the answer is:
drop
'a bandon director writing short' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'work for the theatre' is the wordplay.
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'the theatre' becomes 'dr' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'op' after 'dr' is 'DROP'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drop that I've seen before include "Wee dram" , "Collapse, globule" , "Fall down after prod" , "Finish with" , "Tiny bit of liquid" .)