Syrian's theatrical work missing right part of it? (9)
I believe the answer is:
damascene
'syrian's' is the definition.
(Damascene is an example)
'theatrical work missing right part of it?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'part' could be 'scene' (I have seen 'Part of play ' mean 'scene' so perhaps 'part' could also mean 'scene') and 'scene' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for damascene that I've seen before include "Rich ornamentation on metal" , "Syrian" , "Middle Eastern" , "of very ancient city" , "as conversion is described" .)