Every one detailed, I made plays for the theatre (7)
I believe the answer is:
almeida
'the theatre' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'every one detailed i made plays' is the wordplay.
'every' becomes 'all' (similar in meaning).
'one detailed' means to remove the last letter (the word must be end-less or 'de-tailed').
'plays' is an anagram indicator.
'all' with its final letter taken away is 'al'.
'i'+'made'='imade'
'imade' with letters rearranged gives 'meida'.
'al'+'meida'='ALMEIDA'
'for' acts as a link.
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