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The word "'''theatre'''" (sometimes spelt "'''theater'''" in [[U.S. English]]) is used to refer both to a building in which [[Play (drama)|plays]] and other dramatic works are performed, and (especially in [[North America]]) by extension to that branch of the [[performing arts]] concerned with the staging of such works, also called "drama" or "the [[dramatic arts]]".


The word "theatre" comes from the the [[Greek language|Greek]] "''θέατρον''" ("theatron") meaning "place of seeing") via the [[French language|French]] "''théâtre''".
'''Theatre''' (also spelled '''theater,''' especially in the [[United States of America|United States]]) are those areas of the [[arts]] involving performance, especially of the spoken word.  The word is derived from the Greek "θέατρον" via the French "théâtre".


==Ancient theatres==
==Origins==
Legend traces the origins of drama to [[Ancient Greece]] in the sixth-century [[Common Era|BCE]], when a man called Thespis (hence the use of the term "thespian" for "actor") first added spoken parts to traditional choral and dance performances. Actors wearing [[mask]]s performed outdoors at festivals in honour of [[Dionysos]], the god of theatre, often to crowds of 12,000 or more.  The first theatre to be built in Ancient Greece was the [[Theatre of Dionysos]] in [[Athens]].
The origins of theatre in the [[Western world]] began in [[Ancient Greece]], with classical or [[Greek tragedy]].


==Elizabethan theatres==
==Drama==
Elizabethan plays were mainly performed publicly in four types of venue (performances were also given in private houses and gardens): the yards of [[inn]s, open-air amphitheatres, and purpose-built playhouses. The earliest of these were the inn yards, whose layout influenced the playhouses (and the dramatic structure of many plays), and which were themselves sometimes converted into playhouses. Amphitheatres were used in the Summer, acting troupes moving to indoor venues in the Winter.
The term [[drama]] comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] "δρᾶμα" (a deed or act; by extension an [[action (praxis)|action, or praxis,]] represented on a stage). It refers to a branch of theatre in which speech is paramount.


==The nineteenth century==
==Musicals==
 
[[Musical theatre]], often simply called musicals, is a form of theatre combining [[music]], [[song]]s, [[dialogue]] and [[dance]].
==Modern developments==
 
 
===The main parts of a modern theatre===
 
==See also==
*[[Cinema]] (U.S. English "movie theater")
 
==External links==
*[http://www.didaskalia.net/ ''Didaskalia''] — electronic journal and resource dedicated to the study of ancient Greek and Roman drama in performance
*[http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-biography-elizabethan-theatre-playhouse-inn-yards.htm Elizabethan Theatres, Playhouses, and Inn-Yards]
*[http://www.theatrecrafts.com/glossary/glossary.shtml "Glossary of Technical Theatre terms"] — from Theatrecrafts.com
 
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This article is about the art form. For other uses of the term Theatre, please see Theatre (disambiguation).

Theatre (also spelled theater, especially in the United States) are those areas of the arts involving performance, especially of the spoken word. The word is derived from the Greek "θέατρον" via the French "théâtre".

Origins

The origins of theatre in the Western world began in Ancient Greece, with classical or Greek tragedy.

Drama

The term drama comes from the Greek "δρᾶμα" (a deed or act; by extension an action, or praxis, represented on a stage). It refers to a branch of theatre in which speech is paramount.

Musicals

Musical theatre, often simply called musicals, is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dialogue and dance.

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