Style when intentionally misspelling?

Question

I am copyediting and doing layout on a play that includes a few plays on words and intentional misspellings. At first glance they read like typos. I am wondering if the convention is that I should be styling them differently (as I would, for example, for words in another language), or if it's best to leave it to the reader to trust that the "mistake" was intentional. For example, a line includes the phrase "next of skin" instead of "next of kin". I hate the idea that a reader would wonder if that was on purpose. Thoughts?

Answer 1

Go with the author's intentions. Clever wordplay requires a little more from the reader but it's worth it. Dumbing down neuters sharp writing.