Theatre
For other uses, see Theatre
(disambiguation).
"Theatrical" redirects here. For the racehorse, see Theatrical
(horse).
Theatre or theater is
a collaborative form of fine
art that uses live
performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before
a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this
experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech,
song, music, and dance. Elements of design and stagecraft are
used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the
experience.[2] The
specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as
derived from the Ancient
Greek θέατρον (théatron,
"a place for viewing"), itself from θεάομαι (theáomai, "to see", "to
watch", "to observe").
Modern Western
theatre derives in large measure from ancient Greek drama, from which it
borrows technical terminology, classification into genres, and many of
its themes, stock characters, and plot elements. Theatre scholar Patrice
Pavis defines
theatricality, theatrical
language, stage writing, and the specificity of
theatre as synonymous expressions that differentiate theatre from the
other performing
arts, literature,
and the
arts in general.[3]
Theatre today,
broadly defined, includes performances of plays and musicals, ballets, operas and
various other forms.
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