Working tea lady with apron on can't play (6,3,9)

I believe the answer is:

antony and cleopatra

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'working tea lady with apron on can't play' is the definition.
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'tea lady with apron on can't play' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'play' is an anagram indicator.
'tea'+'lady'+'apron'+'on'+'cant'='tealadyaprononcant'
'tealadyaprononcant' anagrammed gives 'ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA'.

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(Other definitions for antony and cleopatra that I've seen before include "Play by Shakespeare" , "Drama" , "Play about passion and politics" , "Roman's love affair with Egypt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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