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Move the camera towards silent performer in play (9)

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I believe the answer is:

pantomime

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'play' is the definition.
(pantomiming is a kind of playing)

'move the camera towards silent performer' is the wordplay.
'move the camera' becomes 'panto' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'towards' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'silent performer' becomes 'mime' (I've seen this before).
'panto'+'mime'='PANTOMIME'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pantomime that I've seen before include "Play performed at Christmas" , "Festive stage show" , "eg 'Mother Goose'" , "'Cinderella', for example" , "farce" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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