Play and series of books attracting magazine (7)

I believe the answer is:

othello

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'play' is the definition.
(play by William Shakespeare)

'series of books attracting magazine' is the wordplay.
'series of books' becomes 'OT' (Old Testament).
'attracting magazine' becomes 'hello' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ot'+'hello'='OTHELLO'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for othello that I've seen before include "Moorish gentleman" , "Literary character" , "Shakespearean hero" , "Shakespeare play set in Venice/Cyprus" , "drama!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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