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One who’ll stage a play and record it when running (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

director

'one who'll stage a play' is the definition.

'record it when running' is the wordplay.
'when running' is an anagram indicator.
'record'+'it'='recordit'
'recordit' is an anagram of 'DIRECTOR'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for director that I've seen before include "This person could be on board or in theatre" , "Company board member" , "Creditor (anag.)" , "He makes films or runs companies" , "Senior person in a firm, executive or non-executive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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