diff --git a/ara/cli/play.py b/ara/cli/play.py
index d3c950a4..5f147cbb 100644
--- a/ara/cli/play.py
+++ b/ara/cli/play.py
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 
 import logging
 import os
+import sys
 
 from cliff.lister import Lister
+from cliff.show import ShowOne
 
 from ara.cli.base import global_arguments
 from ara.clients.utils import get_client
@@ -98,3 +100,56 @@ class PlayList(Lister):
             )
         )
         # fmt: on
+
+
+class PlayShow(ShowOne):
+    """ Returns a detailed view of a specified play """
+
+    log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+    def get_parser(self, prog_name):
+        parser = super(PlayShow, self).get_parser(prog_name)
+        parser = global_arguments(parser)
+        # fmt: off
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "play_id",
+            metavar="<play-id>",
+            help="Play to show",
+        )
+        # fmt: on
+        return parser
+
+    def take_action(self, args):
+        client = get_client(
+            client=args.client,
+            endpoint=args.server,
+            timeout=args.timeout,
+            username=args.username,
+            password=args.password,
+            verify=False if args.insecure else True,
+        )
+
+        # TODO: Improve client to be better at handling exceptions
+        play = client.get("/api/v1/plays/%s" % args.play_id)
+        if "detail" in play and play["detail"] == "Not found.":
+            self.log.error("Play not found: %s" % args.play_id)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        playbook = "(%s) %s" % (play["playbook"]["id"], play["playbook"]["name"] or play["playbook"]["path"])
+        play["report"] = "%s/playbooks/%s.html" % (args.server, play["playbook"]["id"])
+        play["playbook"] = playbook
+
+        # fmt: off
+        columns = (
+            "id",
+            "report",
+            "status",
+            "name",
+            "playbook",
+            "started",
+            "ended",
+            "duration",
+            "items",
+        )
+        # fmt: on
+        return (columns, ([play[column] for column in columns]))
diff --git a/doc/source/cli.rst b/doc/source/cli.rst
index bd865936..bfa771ca 100644
--- a/doc/source/cli.rst
+++ b/doc/source/cli.rst
@@ -83,6 +83,17 @@ Examples:
     # List the plays for a specific playbook and format the result in json
     ara play list --playbook 1 -f json
 
+ara play show
+-------------
+
+.. command-output:: ara play show --help
+
+Examples:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    # Show a specific play and format the results as json
+    ara play show 9001 -f json
 
 ara host list
 -------------
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c41604ee..8ad770e1 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ ara.cli =
     playbook show = ara.cli.playbook:PlaybookShow
     playbook delete = ara.cli.playbook:PlaybookDelete
     play list = ara.cli.play:PlayList
+    play show = ara.cli.play:PlayShow
     host list = ara.cli.host:HostList
     host show = ara.cli.host:HostShow
     host delete = ara.cli.host:HostDelete