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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Mademoiselle le Sleuth (Paris Backstage Murders)
The Charity Shop Detective Agency (The Charity Shop Detective Agency, #1)
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man] (Vera Wong, #2)
The Appeal (The Appeal, #1)
Murder Takes a Vacation (Mrs. Blossom Mystery #1)
The Golden Spoon
The Silent Appeal (The Appeal, #2)
The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder (Antique Hunter’s, #1)
Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?
Inter Alia
The Last Word
The Christmas Appeal (The Appeal, #1.5)
Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1)
Everything's Coming Up Rosie
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Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth: Moment by Moment
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
Millennium Approaches by Tony KushnerThe Normal Heart by Larry KramerBent by Martin ShermanTorch Song Trilogy by Harvey FiersteinPerestroika by Tony Kushner
Best Gay Plays
61 books — 57 voters
Games for Actors and Non-Actors by Augusto BoalWhen Life Gives You Risk, Make Risk Theatre by Edwin WongActing Class by Milton KatselasTowards a Poor Theatre by Jerzy GrotowskiThe Stanislavsky Technique by Mel Gordon
So You Want to be an Actor
21 books — 13 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 — 192 voters


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