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Do they advertise drama by W Shakespeare? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

playbills

'do they advertise' is the definition.

'drama by w shakespeare?' is the wordplay.
'drama' becomes 'play' ('play' can be a synonym of 'drama').
'by w shakespeare?' becomes 'bills' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'play'+'bills'='PLAYBILLS'

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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