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Productions bringing passion into heart of actress (7)

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I believe the answer is:

theatre

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'productions bringing' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'passion into heart of actress' is the wordplay.
'passion' becomes 'heat' (synonyms).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'heart of' says to take the centre.
The middle of 'actress' is 'tre'.
'heat' placed inside 'tre' is 'THEATRE'.

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(Other definitions for theatre that I've seen before include "within which one may operate" , "Scene of military activity" , "Room for surgery" , "Place for actors" , "natural land formation?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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