11.   As our play begins, an Indian woman has just given birth to twins.

12.   As the play begins, he has just gotten out of jail, where he shared a cell with the singer James Brown.

13.   As the play begins, with his eye on the crown of Corinth, Jason has just proposed marriage to Glauke, the daughter of King Creon.

14.   As the play begins, Angel has just been dumped by her gangster boyfriend and lost her job at the nightclub.

15.   As the play begins, it is the middle of the night and an embarrassed and distraught Amanda dials a crisis hot line.

16.   As the play begins, Wilde is on top, a literary success who pulverizes Queensbury and his lawyer with bon mot after bon mot.

17.   Before play began, Johnson told the team that anyone taking a silly shot to begin the game would find himself next to the coach on the bench.

18.   Brazilians may not want to admit it in the flush of victory, but most of them had also written off their team before play began a month ago.

19.   A less imaginative play would begin with this graveside encounter.

20.   A month ago when conference play began, it would have been ludicrous to think of such.