theatre

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English - Turkish
{i} tiyatro

Tiyatroda kimi gördün? - Whom did you see at the theatre?

16 yaş ve altındaki çocuklar tiyatroya kabul edilmeyecek. - Children of age sixteen and under will not be admitted to the theatre.

{i} amfi

Tom'un sesi o kadar hafifti ki amfinin arkasında oturanlara zar zor duyulabiliyordu. - Tom's voice was so soft it was barely audible to those sitting at the back of the lecture theatre.

(Askeri) HAREKAT ALANI: Bak "theatre of operatıons"
(Askeri) harekat alanı
sinema

Şimdi nereye gidelim? Tiyatroya mı yoksa sinemaya mı? - Where shall we go now? To the theatre or cinema?

Biz şimdi nereye gidiyoruz? Tiyatroya mı yoksa sinemaya mı? - Where are we going now? To the theatre or the cinema?

sahne

Yakında büyük tiyatroda ışıklar söndürülecek ve boş sahne hayaletlere terk edilecek. - Soon, in the great theatre, the lights will be put out, and the empty stage will be left to ghosts.

olay yeri
{i} ameliyathane
{i} sinema [amer.]
{i} alan
i., İng., bak. theater
theater
{i} tiyatro

Tiyatroda öğretmenimle karşılaştım. - I met with my teacher in the theater.

Ben bir dönem draması görmek için tiyatroya gittim. - I went to the theater to see a period drama.

theatre of operations
(Askeri) harekat alanı
theatre of war
savaş alanı
theatre building
tiyatro binası
theatre of recorded music
tiyatro kayıtlı müzik
theatre air priority number
(Askeri) HAREKAT ALANI HAVA NAKLİYAT ÖNCELİĞİ NUMARASI: Bir harekat alanına havadan yapılacak sevkıyatın öncelik derecelerini belirtmek için, harekat alanı komutanlığı tarafından tespit edilen harf ve rakamlar grubu
theatre area communication system
(Askeri) HAREKAT ALANI MUHAREBE SİSTEMİ
theatre army forces
(Askeri) HAREKAT ALANI VE KARA KUVVETLERİ KOMUTANLIĞI: Bir harekat alanı dahilinde bulunan ve alandaki bütün kara ordusu kuvvetlerinin idaresinden ve harekatından sorumlu olan komutan
theatre army forces
(Askeri) harekat alanı kara kuvvetleri
theatre army headquarters
(Askeri) HAREKAT ALANI VE KARA KUVVETLERİ KOMUTANLIĞI KARARGAHI
theatre army logistical command
(Askeri) HAREKAT ALANI LOJİSTİK KOMUTANLIĞI: Harekat alanındaki bütün A. B. D. kara kuvvetlerine ve emir verildiği takdirde, harekat alanı deniz kuvvetlerine, müttefik ve diğer kuvvetlere, personel değiştirme ve sivil işler dışında, idari destek sağlamaktan sorumlu olan ve menzil sahasında bulunan komutanlık
theatre auditions
tiyatro seçmeleri
theatre baroque
(Tiyatro) barok tiyatro
theatre commander
(Askeri) harekat alanı komutanı
theatre control level
(Askeri) harekat alanı stok seviyesi
theatre critique
(Tiyatro) tiyatro eleştirisi
theatre directory service
(Askeri) harekat alanı posta hizmeti
theatre of absurd
uyumsuz tiyatro
theatre of cruelty
vahşet tiyatrosu
theatre of cruelty
(Sosyoloji, Toplumbilim) vahşet tiyatrosu [artaud]
theatre operational stocks
(Askeri) bölgenin harekat stokları
theatre reserve
(Askeri) harekat alanı ihtiyatı
theatre season
(Tiyatro) tiyatro dönemi
theatre stock level
(Askeri) harekat alanı stok seviyesi
theatre technique
(Tiyatro) tiyatro tekniği
theater
olay yeri
theater
{i} amfi
theater
{i} sinema [amer.]
city theatre
şehir tiyatrosu
lecture theatre
amfiteatr
picture theatre
sinema
popular theatre
(Tiyatro) tuluat
theater
sinema salonu

Kasabadaki en eski sinema salonu şu an yıkılıyor. - The oldest movie theater in town is being pulled down now.

Bu yeni bir sinema salonu. - It's a new movie theater.

variety theatre
müzikhol
coup de theatre
piyeste ani değişiklik
open-air theatre
açık hava tiyatrosu
operating theatre
ameliyat odası
theater
bkz.theatre
theater
tiyatro binası
fringe theatre
fringe tiyatro
going to the theatre
Tiyatroya gidiyor
great theatre goer
tiyatro büyük müdavim
hit theatre
Gösterime girmek
motion picture theatre
sinema
movie theatre
Sinema

movie theatre = movie house.

non-mainstream theatre
olmayan tiyatro mainstream
porn movie theatre
porno film tiyatro
theater
(Askeri) Haraket alanı
abstract theatre
(Tiyatro) soyut tiyatro
archaic theatre
(Tiyatro) arkaik oyun
church theatre
(Tiyatro) kilise tiyatrosu
epic theatre
(Sosyoloji, Toplumbilim) epik tiyatro (brecht)
impressionist theatre
(Tiyatro) izlenimci tiyatro
regional theatre
(Tiyatro) bölge tiyatrosu
theater
{i} alan
theater
sahne

Tiyatro grubu yeni oyunu sahneledi. - The theater group performed the new play.

theater
meydan
theater
{i} ameliyathane
theater
amfiteatr
theater
tre tiyatro
theater
oyunevi
theater
sinema

Biz sinemaya gidiyoruz. - We're going to the movie theater.

Bu gece sinemaya gidiyor musun? - Are you going to the theater tonight?

English - English
Alternative spelling of theater
Often used specifically of playhouses and drama, so as to distinguish from moviehouses and cinema
A theater or a movie theater is a place where people go to watch films for entertainment
is the area in which military operations/activities take place
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full"
thea·tre theatres in AM, use theater
The building, room or structure used for dramatic performances; dramatic literature or its performance; the formal presentation of any dramatic activity for an audience
A theatre is a building with a stage in it, on which plays, shows, and other performances take place. I worked at the Grand Theatre
That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater
An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed
the art of writing and producing plays
only mentioned in Acts 19: 29, 31 The ruins of this theatre at Ephesus still exist, and they show that it was a magnificent structure, capable of accommodating some 56,700 persons It was the largest structure of the kind that ever existed Theatres, as places of amusement, were unknown to the Jews
Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc
A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war
tiers or terraces in a hillside, resembling the concave formation of seats in a classical outdoor theatre
A theatre of war or other conflict is the area or region in which the war or conflict is happening. The Middle East has often been a theatre of war. Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed in natural hollows between hills. The audience sat in a tiered semicircle facing the orchestra, a flat circular space where the action took place. Behind the orchestra was the skene. The theatres of Elizabethan England were open to the sky, with the audience looking on from tiered galleries or a courtyard. During this period the main innovation was the rectangular thrust stage, surrounded on three sides by spectators. The first permanent indoor theatre was Andrea Palladio's Olimpico Theatre in Vicenza, Italy (1585). The Farnese Theatre in Parma (1618) was designed with a horseshoe-shaped auditorium and the first permanent proscenium arch. Baroque European court theatres followed this arrangement, elaborating on the interior with tiered boxes for royalty. Richard Wagner's Festspielhaus in Bayreuth, Ger. (1876), with its fan-shaped seating plan, deep orchestra pit, and darkened auditorium, departed from the Baroque stratified auditorium and reintroduced Classical principles that are still in use. The proscenium theatre prevailed in the 17th-20th centuries; though still popular in the 20th century, it was supplemented by other types of theatre, such as the thrust stage and theatre-in-the-round. In Asia, stage arrangements have remained simple, with the audience usually grouped informally around an open space; notable exceptions are the n drama and kabuki of Japan. See also amphitheatre; odeum. Live performance of dramatic actions in order to tell a story or create a spectacle. The word derives from the Greek theatron ("place of seeing"). Theatre is one of the oldest and most important art forms in cultures worldwide. While the script is the basic element of theatrical performance, it also relies in varying degrees on acting, singing, and dancing, as well as on technical aspects of production such as stage design. Theatre is thought to have its earliest origins in religious ritual; it often enacts myths or stories central to the belief structure of a culture or creates comedy through travesty of such narratives. In Western civilization, theatre began in ancient Greece and was adapted in Roman times; it was revived in the medieval liturgical dramas and flourished in the Renaissance with the Italian commedia dell'arte and in the 17th-18th centuries with established companies such as the Comédie-Française. Varying theatrical forms may evolve to suit the tastes of different audiences (e.g., in Japan, the kabuki of the townspeople and the n theatre of the court). In Europe and the U.S. in the 19th and early 20th centuries theatre was a major source of entertainment for all social classes, with forms ranging from burlesque shows and vaudeville to serious dramas performed in the style of the Moscow Art Theatre. Though the musicals of Broadway and the farces of London's West End retain their popular appeal, the rise of television and movies has eroded audiences for live theatre and has tended to limit its spectators to an educated elite. See also little theatre. Abbey Theatre American Ballet Theatre Apollo Theatre black theatre civic theatre Drury Lane Theatre epic theatre Globe Theatre Group Theatre little theatre Living Theatre The Mariinsky Theatre Kirov Theatre Maryinsky Theatre Moscow Art Theatre music hall and variety theatre Noh theatre No theatre repertory theatre Royal National Theatre Theatre Guild Theatre of the Absurd Theatre of Cruelty Theatre of Fact documentary theatre theatre in the round
Theatre is entertainment that involves the performance of plays
{i} arena, stadium, playhouse (alternate spelling for theater)
A large auditorium in which lectures are held
A sphere or scheme of operation
You can refer to work in the theatre such as acting or writing plays as the theatre. You can move up to work in films and the theatre
a region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"
In a hospital, a theatre is a special room where surgeons carry out medical operations. She is back from theatre and her condition is comfortable. = operating theatre
theatre of war
Alternative spelling of theater of war
Theatre Guild
U.S. theatrical society. Founded in New York City in 1918 by Lawrence Langner (1890-1962) and others, the group proposed to produce high-quality, noncommercial plays. Its board of directors shared responsibility for choice of plays, management, and production. After the premiere of George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House in 1920, the Guild became his U.S. agent and staged 15 of his plays. It also produced successful plays by Eugene O'Neill, Maxwell Anderson, and Robert Sherwood and featured actors such as the Lunts and Helen Hayes. It helped develop the American musical by staging Porgy and Bess (1935), Oklahoma! (1943), and Carousel (1945); it also produced the radio series Theatre Guild on the Air (1945-53) and presented plays on television
Theatre of Cruelty
Theory advanced by Antonin Artaud, who believed the theatre's function was to rid audiences of the repressive effects of civilization and liberate their instinctual energy. He proposed to do so by shocking them with mythic spectacles that would include groans, screams, pulsating lights, and oversized stage puppets. He described the Theatre of Cruelty in his book The Theatre and Its Double (1938). Though only one of his plays, Les Cenci, was ever produced in accordance with his theory, his ideas influenced avant-garde movements such as the Living Theatre and the Theatre of the Absurd
Theatre of Fact
or documentary theatre Movement to bring social issues to the stage by emphasizing factual information over aesthetic considerations. An outgrowth of the Living Newspaper technique employed in the 1930s by the WPA Federal Theatre Project in the U.S., the form became popular in the 1960s. In Germany Rolf Hochhuth's The Representative (1963), Peter Weiss's The Investigation (1965), and Heinar Kipphardt's In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1964) examined recent historical events through authentic documentary sources such as trial transcripts and statistics. The movement influenced later political drama in Europe and the U.S
Theatre of the Absurd
Body of dramatic works of the 1950s and '60s that expressed the existentialist philosophy of meaninglessness and the absurdity of life. Playwrights such as Arthur Adamov, Edward Albee, Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet, Eugène Ionesco, and Harold Pinter created Absurdist plays without traditional plots and with characters who engaged in circular, purposeless conversations. Beckett's Waiting for Godot (1953), in which two tramps wait for a mysterious man who never arrives, is a classic of the genre
theatre-goer
theatre-goer theatre-goers in AM, use theatergoer Theatre-goers are people who are at the theatre to see a play, or who regularly go to the theatre to see plays
theatre-in-the-round
the performance of a play on a central stage with the people watching sitting in a circle around it. or arena stage Theatre in which the stage is located in the centre of the auditorium with the audience seated on all sides. The form evolved from Greek theatre and was used in medieval times. From the 17th century the proscenium stage limited audience seating to the area directly in front of the stage. In the 1930s, plays at Moscow's Realistic Theatre were produced in the round and the arena stage began to gain favour in Europe and the U.S. Its advantages are its informality and the rapport it creates between audience and actors, but it requires actors to turn constantly to address new sections of the audience
The Living Theatre
Theatrical avant-garde repertory company. It was formed in New York City in 1947 by Julian Beck (1925-85) and Judith Malina (b. 1926) to produce experimental plays, often on radical themes. Its first big success was Jack Gelber's The Connection (1959), a drama of drug addiction. Its next, Kenneth Brown's The Brig (1963), depicted military discipline as dehumanizing. After problems with U.S. tax authorities, the company was relocated to Europe (1965-68). It returned to New York City to present the confrontational Paradise Now (1968), a production intended to spark revolution. The group dispersed in 1970
coup de theatre
Alternative spelling of coup de théâtre
coup de théâtre
A theatrical trick or gesture, something staged for dramatic effect
coup de théâtre
A sudden or unexpected event in a play, pulled off by the author, the director, or even an actor
improvisational theatre
a form of theatre in which the actors perform spontaneously, without a script
movie theatre
Alternative spelling of movie theater
operating theatre
A room in a hospital used for performing surgery (originally designed for operations in front of observers)
operating-theatre
Attributive form of operating theatre

operating-theatre procedures.

theater
A cinema, or picture theatre

We sat in the back row of the theater and threw popcorn at the screen.

theater
A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies etc

The theater is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, it is also the return of art to life. — ().

theater
A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war

His grandfather was in the Pacific theater during the war.

theater
A lecture theatre
theater
An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation

This man is about to die, get him into theater at once!.

theater
Drama or performance as a profession or artform

I worked in the theater for twenty-five years.

operating theatre
An operating theatre is a special room in a hospital where surgeons carry out medical operations. = theatre. a room in a hospital where operations are done American Equivalent: operating room
theater
{n} a playhouse, stage, place for shows
shadow theatre
Shadow play (Chinese: 皮影戏, pi ying xi) is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment using opaque, often articulated figures in front of an illuminated backdrop to create the illusion of moving images. It is popular in various cultures. At present, more than 20 countries are known to have shadow show troupes. The art form is sometimes called shadow puppetry or shadow theatre when shown under a grand presentation
Abbey Theatre
Dublin theatre. It developed from the Irish Literary Theatre, founded in 1899 by William Butler Yeats and Lady Augusta Gregory to foster Irish drama. After moving the troupe to a renovated theatre on Abbey Street in 1904, they codirected its productions with John Millington Synge, staged their own plays, and commissioned works by Sean O'Casey and others. Important premieres included Synge's The Playboy of the Western World (1907) and O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars (1926). The Abbey became the first state-subsidized theatre in the English-speaking world in 1924. A fire destroyed the original playhouse in 1951, and a new theatre was built in 1966
American Ballet Theatre
Prominent ballet company based in New York City. It was founded in 1939 as the Ballet Theatre (the name was changed in 1958) by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant to promote works "American in character." Oliver Smith replaced Pleasant as codirector in 1945; Mikhail Baryshnikov served as artistic director from 1980 to 1989 after dancing with the company in the 1970s. New ballets were created for the company by Agnes de Mille, Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp, and Antony Tudor; Michel Fokine revived many of his earlier works for them as well. Principal dancers have included Alicia Alonso, Erik Bruhn, Anton Dolin, and Natalia Makarova
Apollo Theatre
During and after the Harlem Renaissance, a centre of African-American popular music on 125th Street in New York City's Harlem district. Built in 1914, it hosted musical performers such as Bill Robinson, Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, and others in the 1930s and '40s; stars such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and James Brown were discovered on Wednesday amateur nights. In the 1960s the Apollo featured soul artists such as the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, and Marvin Gaye. Converted into a movie theatre in 1975, it was reopened as a performance venue in 1983
Drury Lane Theatre
Oldest English theatre still in use. It was built in London by Thomas Killigrew for his acting company as the Theatre Royal (1663). It burned in 1672 and was rebuilt in 1674 with Christopher Wren as architect. It prospered under such actor-managers as Colley Cibber and later under David Garrick and Richard Brinsley Sheridan. An expanded "fireproof" theatre opened in 1794 and burned in 1809. Rebuilt in 1812 with over 2,000 seats, it declined in popularity from the 1840s, but it revived in the 1880s with melodramas and spectacles and was the scene of the acting triumphs of Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. More recently it has played host to many U.S. musicals
Globe Theatre
a) a theatre south of the River Thames in London where William Shakespeare 's plays were first performed. It was destroyed in the 17th century. b) an exact copy of this theatre, built in the same place and opened in 1996. London theatre in which the plays of William Shakespeare were performed after 1599. It was built by two brothers, Cuthbert and Richard Burbage; half the shares were kept by the Burbages, and the rest were assigned equally to Shakespeare and other members of the Chamberlain's Men. The wooden theatre, built in the shape of an O with no roof over the central area, was destroyed by fire in 1613, rebuilt in 1614, and finally pulled down in 1644. Reconstructed (beginning 1987) near the site of the original theatre, the new Globe Theatre inaugurated its first regular season in 1996
Group Theatre
a group of actors and directors in the US who worked together from 1931 to 1940 to produce plays with a political message. Many of the people in the group, such as Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg, became very important in the US theatre. Actors' Studio. New York theatre company (1931-41) founded by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford, and Lee Strasberg to present U.S. plays of social significance. Embracing the acting principles of the Stanislavsky method, the company which also included actors and directors such as Elia Kazan, Lee J. Cobb, and Stella Adler staged John Howard Lawson's Success Story (1932), Sidney Kingsley's Men in White (1933), Clifford Odets's Waiting for Lefty (1935) and Golden Boy (1937), Irwin Shaw's Bury the Dead (1936), and William Saroyan's My Heart's in the Highlands (1939), among many other plays
Mariinsky Theatre
or Maryinsky Theatre, formerly Kirov Theatre Russian imperial theatre in St. Petersburg. The theatre opened in 1860 and was named for Maria Aleksandrovna, wife of the reigning tsar. Ballet was not performed there until 1880 and was presented regularly only after 1889, when the Imperial Russian Ballet became its resident company and acquired the Mariinsky name. The theatre's name was changed to the State Academic Theatre (1917-35) and later to the Kirov (for Sergey Kirov) State Academic Theatre for Opera and Ballet (1935-91); it reverted to its original name in 1991. Its resident ballet company, the celebrated Mariinsky (or Kirov) Ballet, tours worldwide
Moscow Art Theatre
Russian theatre specializing in theatrical naturalism. It was founded in 1898 by Konstantin Stanislavsky (as artistic director) and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (administrative director) with the goal of replacing old-fashioned histrionic acting and heavy-handed staging with a simpler and truer style. It opened with Aleksey Tolstoy's Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich and won its first major success with Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. Along with other plays by Chekhov, the theatre mounted new works by writers such as Maksim Gorky and Maurice Maeterlinck. Its company received acclaim on European and U.S. tours in 1922 and influenced later theatrical development worldwide. Since 1939 it has been known as the Moscow Academic Art Theatre
National Film Theatre
NFT a building containing two cinemas on the South Bank in London, which is part of the British Film Institute. It is known for showing films that are not shown at ordinary cinemas, including old films, foreign films, and films made by small companies
National Theatre
the NT a modern building on the South Bank in London containing three theatres, the Olivier, the Lyttelton, and the Cottesloe. It is the home of the Royal National Theatre Company, which is famous for the high quality of its actors and which performs a wide variety of serious plays, both old and modern
Noh theatre
or No theatre Classic Japanese theatrical form. One of the world's oldest extant theatrical forms, Noh theatre has a heroic theme, a chorus, and highly stylized action, costuming, and scenery. Its all-male performers are storytellers who use their visual appearances and movements to suggest their tale rather than enact it. Noh (from Japanese n, meaning "talent" or "skill") developed from ancient forms of dance-drama and became a distinctive form in the 14th century. The five types of Noh plays are the kami ("god") play, which involves a sacred story of a Shint shrine; the shura mono ("fighting play"), which centres on warriors; the katsura mono ("wig play"), which has a female protagonist; the gendai mono ("present-day play") or kyjo mono ("madwoman play"), which is varied in content; and the kiri or kichiku ("final" or "demon") play, which features devils and strange beasts. Kan'ami (1333-84) and his son Zeami (1363-1443) wrote many of the most beautiful Noh texts; more than 200 remain in the modern Noh repertoire
Royal National Theatre
the official name of the National Theatre in London. British theatre company. It was formed in 1962 as the National Theatre with Laurence Olivier as director (1963-73) and included many actors from the Old Vic company. In 1976 the company moved from London's Old Vic Theatre to a newly constructed three-theatre complex on the southern bank of the Thames. In 1988 Queen Elizabeth II gave the company permission to add "Royal" to its name. Partly subsidized by the state, the theatre presents a mixed classic and modern repertoire. Its directors have included Peter Hall (1973-88), Richard Eyre (1988-97), and Trevor Nunn (from 1997)
black theatre
In the U.S., a dramatic movement encompassing plays written by, for, and about blacks. The first known play by an American black was James Brown's King Shotaway (1823). After the Civil War, blacks began to perform in minstrel shows, and musicals written, produced, and acted entirely by blacks appeared by 1900. The first real success of a black dramatist was Angelina W. Grimké's Rachel (1916). Theatre flourished during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and '30s, and by 1940 the American Negro Theater and the Negro Playwrights' Co. were firmly established. After World War II black theatre grew more progressive and militant, seeking to establish its own mythology, abolish racial stereotypes, and integrate black playwrights into the mainstream. Its strongest proponent, Amiri Baraka, established the Black Arts Repertory Theatre in 1965. In the 1980s and '90s the African American playwrights Charles Fuller and August Wilson won Pulitzer Prizes
civic theatre
Theatre wholly or partly subsidized by the city in which it operates. The term is also used for a noncommercial community theatre, meaning a noncommercial, locally based group. Most civic theatres in Europe are professional organizations; in the U.S. they are often run by amateur groups and may later become resident professional theatres. The first major U.S. civic theatre was established in New Orleans in 1919
coup de theatre
a highly successful theatrical production a sensational bit of stagecraft a dramatic surprise
epic theatre
Dramatic form developed in Germany after World War I by Bertolt Brecht and others, intended to provoke rational thought rather than to create illusion. It presents loosely connected scenes often interrupted by direct addresses to the audience providing analysis, argument, or documentation. Brecht's goal was to use alienating or distancing effects to block the emotional responses of the audience members and force them to think objectively about the play. Actors were instructed to keep a distance between themselves and the characters they portrayed and to emphasize external actions rather than emotions
fringe theatre
plays by new writers, often on difficult subjects or written in unusual ways, that are not performed in the main theatres
home theatre
television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater
little theatre
Movement in U.S. theatre to free dramatic forms and methods of production from the limitations of the large commercial theatres by establishing small experimental centres of drama. Young dramatists, stage designers, and actors influenced by the vital European theatre of the late 19th century, especially by the theories of Max Reinhardt, established community playhouses such as the Little Theatre, New York City (1912), the Little Theatre, Chicago (1912), and the Toy Theatre, Boston (1912). A few became important commercial producers; the Washington Square Players (1915), for example, later became the Theatre Guild (1918). Playwrights such as Eugene O'Neill, George S. Kaufman, and Maxwell Anderson found their early opportunities in the little theatres
movie theatre
{i} place where movies are shown, cinema
music hall and variety theatre
Popular entertainment that featured successive acts by singers, comedians, dancers, and actors. The form derived from the taproom concerts given in city taverns in England in the 18th-19th centuries. To meet the demand for entertainment for the working class, tavern owners often annexed nearby buildings as music halls, where drinking and smoking were permitted. The originator of the English music hall as such was Charles Morton, who built Morton's Canterbury Hall (1852) and Oxford Hall (1861) in London. Leading performers included Lillie Langtry, Harry Lauder (1870-1950), and Gracie Fields. Music halls evolved into larger, more respectable variety theatres, such as London's Hippodrome and the Coliseum. Variety acts combined music, comedy acts, and one-act plays and featured celebrities such as Sarah Bernhardt and Herbert Tree. See also vaudeville
operating theatre
a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"
repertory theatre
Production of several different plays in a single season by a resident acting company. The plays chosen may be classic works by famous dramatists or new works by emerging playwrights, and the companies that perform them often serve as a training ground for young actors. In Britain the practice, intended to make high-quality theatre available throughout the country, began in the early 20th century. Repertory companies, or stock companies, originally presented a different play each night of the week while preparing and rehearsing new plays. The system evolved to the current practice of presenting a series of short, continuous runs of each play
theater
the art of writing and producing plays
theater
a region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"
theater
A sphere or scheme of operation
theater
In ancient Greece, going to the theater was a celebration of community, and the dramas and comedies portrayed moral virtue and vice The structure was built into a hillside and the wall behind the stage structure was relatively low, so that the the audience could, by looking over the actors heads, view the entire polis
theater
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theater
That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater
theater
An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed
theater
The geographic area outside CONUS for which a commander of a unified or specified command has been assigned military responsibility
theater
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full
theater
{i} arena, stadium, playhouse
theater
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full"
theater
A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war
theater
Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc
theatre

    Hyphenation

    the·a·tre

    Turkish pronunciation

    thiıtır

    Pronunciation

    /ˈᴛʜēətər/ /ˈθiːətɜr/

    Etymology

    (noun.) 14th century. See theater. The -re spelling is due to influence from French théâtre.
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