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Bard's work playing in theatre (5)

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I believe the answer is:

odeon

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'theatre' is the definition.
(in ancient Greece)

'bard's work playing' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'work' could be 'ode' (I've seen this before) and 'ode' is found within the answer.
'playing' could be 'on' (on can mean playing or performing) and 'on' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for odeon that I've seen before include "Ancient Greek concert hall" , "classical theatre" , "Theatre of ancient Rome - picture house" , "music performed here" , "Classical Greek concert hall" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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