Ultimately Robbie Coltrane directed play (9)
I believe the answer is:
tolerance
'play' is the definition.
(both can mean room for movement in engineering)
'ultimately robbie coltrane directed' is the wordplay.
'ultimately' indicates one should take the final letters.
'directed' indicates anagramming the letters.
The last letter of 'robbie' is 'e'.
'e'+'coltrane'='ecoltrane'
'ecoltrane' is an anagram of 'TOLERANCE'.
(Other definitions for tolerance that I've seen before include "Ability to endure something" , "resignation" , "Ability to be fair" , "Give" , "liberal position" .)