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Theatre is a branch of the performing arts. Any performance may be considered theatre; however, as a performing art, theatre focuses almost exclusively on live performers enacting a self-contained drama before an audience. A performance qualifies as dramatic by creating a representational illusion. The word "theatre" derives from the Ancient Greek theatron (θέατρον) meaning "a place for viewing." A theatrical performance may include music, dance and various elements of stagecraft such as costumes, sets, lights, stage properties and sound engineering, among others.
Modern Western theatre derives ...more

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Theatre Books

Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Waiting for Godot
Othello
The Tempest
The Importance of Being Earnest
King Lear
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Doll's House
Death of a Salesman
Much Ado About Nothing
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Lists

Kick Kennedy by Barbara LeamingStories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob LoweStanwyck by Axel MadsenClara Bow by David StennI Just Kept Hoping by Gloria Stuart
Tinsel and Glamor
40 books — 8 voters
The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy ParkerThe Best of Robert Benchley by Robert BenchleyHarpo Speaks! by Harpo MarxHow to Be a Hermit, or a Bachelor Keeps House by Will CuppyWhile Rome Burns by Alexander Woollcott
Algonquin Round Table
24 books — 2 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
The Best Plays or Musicals
340 books — 193 voters
Just the Sexiest Man Alive by Julie JamesThe Love Theorem by Camilla IsleyThe Bodyguard by Katherine CenterFriends Without Benefits by Penny ReidHeaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Romance with Actors/Actresses/Acting/Film
298 books — 244 voters

To the Letter by Simon GarfieldVagabonds in France by Michael A. BarryJust My Type by Simon GarfieldDiary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska by Maria Faustyna KowalskaTe hooi en te gras by Rien Poortvliet
I want to know more about this world
107 books — 8 voters
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsDeath of a Salesman by Arthur MillerThe Crucible by Arthur MillerWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Best American Plays
250 books — 367 voters


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William Shakespeare
“ Exit, pursued by a bear. ”
― William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
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Jonathan Larson
“ VIVA LA VIE BOHEME! ”
― Jonathan Larson, Rent: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Musical―Complete Libretto and Oral History
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Videos Tagged “Theatre”

The Imagine-a-nation of Lala Child
The Imagine-a-nation of Lala Child
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PERSEPHONE'S TORCH trailer
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Groups Tagged "Theatre"

EastLine Book Club A group for the plays we read as part of EastLine Book Club.
9 members, last active 4 months ago
hello! this group is a group for people who love musical theatre and also love books!
3 members, last active one year ago
Theatre Books and Plays A room for lovers of theatre, theater books, texts on acting, directing, theory and scripts.
1,508 members, last active 44 days ago
Opera Book Club! Boston Lyric Opera invites you to join us in your favorite reading nook as we pair some of our f…more
7 members, last active 5 years ago

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