| 单词 | little theatre |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslittle theatre little theatre n. (a name given to) a small playhouse or theatre; now spec. an independent theatre used for experimental or avant-garde drama, or for community, non-commercial productions; such theatres collectively, or the type of work produced in them. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [noun] > other types of theatre little theatre1569 private house1604 private playhouse1609 amphitheatre1611 private theatre1633 droll-house1705 summer theatre1761 show shop1772 national theatre1816 minor1821 legitimate1826 patent house1827 patent theatre1836 showboat1839 music theatre1849 penny-gaff1856 saloon theatre1864 leg shop1871 people's theatre1873 nickelodeon1888 repertory theatre1891 studio theatre1891 legit1897 blood-tub1906 rep1906 small-timer1910 grind house1923 theatrette1927 indie1928 vaude1933 straw hat1935 theatre-in-the-round1948 straw-hatter1949 bughouse1952 theatre-restaurant1958 dinner theatre1959 theatre club1961 black box1971 pub theatre1971 performance space1972 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature xxxiv. f. 122v This galland of Verona..made to be set vp a little Theater, to the ende the assistants might behold the experience of his promise. a1771 F. Delaval Will in S. Rosenfeld Temples of Thespis (1978) vi. 100 I give to my Sister..all the Scenes, Decorations, &c in and belonging to my little Theatre in James Street, Westminster. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 246 His detestation of the mob..has prevented him from going to the Little Theatre in the Hay-market. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. ix. 166 London was rather thin, but however the little Theatre was open. View more context for this quotation 1880 W. S. Rockstro in G. Grove Dict. Music II. 512/2 A rival Opera Company was established at the ‘Little Theatre, in Lincoln's Inn Fields’. 1912 M. B. Leavitt 50 Years Theatr. Managem. xxxvii. 574 ‘Little Theatres’ have for some time been playing important rôles in the dramatic life of Paris, Berlin and London. 1914 Writer's Mag. Jan. 327/2 (caption) The ‘little’ theater movement expanding. 1917 T. H. Dickinson Insurgent Theatre v. 82 The one-act play has been an excellent expedient for the little theatre. 1929 S. W. Cheney Theatre xxii. 501 The little theatres, and the larger community theatres built on the foundations they laid. 1945 Baltimore Sun 21 Mar. 12/3 The performances of Walter Pearthree and Vivienne Shub..are, for the little theatre, brilliant, no less. 1965 E. O'Brien August is Wicked Month ii. 22 She worked for a little theatre magazine. 1973 Philadelphia Inquirer 7 Oct. (Today Suppl.) 49/1 There is only one fully funded..little theatre in the Philadelphia area. 2001 W. Ferguson Generica xliii. 243 I was doing Little Theatre, one-man mime introspectives, some experimental works. < as lemmas |
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