Play a woman on court (5)
I believe the answer is:
enact
'play' is the definition.
(I know that enact is a type of play)
'a woman on court' is the wordplay.
'a woman' becomes 'ena' (feminine given name).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'court' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'ena'+'ct'='ENACT'
(Other definitions for enact that I've seen before include "Authorize" , "get into law" , "Put on stage or statute book" , "Pass into law" , "Establish by law - perform" .)