Theatre

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
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Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!
Bring the House Down
Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es dir?
Everything's Coming Up Rosie
A Bright Ray of Darkness
Too Soon
My Train Leaves at Three
The Story of My Anger
The Hypocrite
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life
Hummingbird
Fat Ham
Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival
Upstaged
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
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
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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
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YA Theater
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'night, Mother by Marsha NormanGetting Out by Marsha NormanMarsha Norman, Vol. 1 by Marsha NormanThe Secret Garden by Marsha NormanMarsha Norman Collected Plays by Marsha Norman
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13 books — 2 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Crucible by Arthur Miller
Best Play Ever
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