Fairy seen with Capek's play for first time imagined kingdom (9)
I believe the answer is:
ruritania
'imagined kingdom' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'fairy seen with capek's play for first time' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'first' could be 'i' (Roman numeral for one or first) and 'i' is found within the answer.
'time' could be 't' (abbreviation) and 't' is located in the answer.
'capek's play' could be 'rur' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'rur' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ruritania that I've seen before include "Anthony Hope's imagined central European kingdom" , "Imaginary small kingdom" , "romantic spot" , "Fantasy world" , "Imaginary European kingdom" .)