Bard's work playing in theatre (5)
I believe the answer is:
odeon
'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 found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(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" .)