play-actor vs trouper

play-actor

noun
  • An actor who performs on stage, especially one who is part of an acting troupe. 

trouper

noun
  • A member of a theatrical company (a troupe). 

  • A reliable, hard-working and unselfish performer; one who considers the troupe before themselves. 

  • A veteran performer. 

How often have the words play-actor and trouper occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )