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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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Blue Mountain Rose: A Novel in Five Acts

She Speaks!: What Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said

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Lorraine Hansberry: The Life Behind A Raisin in the Sun

Uncle of the Year: And Other Debatable Triumphs

Chita: A Memoir – The Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient's Broadway Legacy of Legendary Roles and Trailblazing Impact

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Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers

Finale: Late Conversations with Stephen Sondheim – The Intimate Portrait of a Composer-Lyricist Revealing His Creative Process

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Quotes Tagged “Theatre”

“ All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed. ...more ”
― Seán O'Casey

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“ [Waiting for Godot] has achieved a theoretical impossibility—a play in which nothing happens, that yet keeps audiences glued to their seats. What's more, since the second act is a subtly different reprise of the first, he has written a play in which nothing happens, twice. ...more ”
― Vivian Mercier

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