playhousen.

Brit.

/ˈpleɪhaʊs/, U.S.

/ˈpleɪˌ(h)aʊs/

Forms: see play n. and house n.¹ and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: play n., house n.¹

Etymology: < play n. + house n.¹ Compare playing-house n. at playing n. Compounds 2 and playing-place n. at playing n. Compounds 2.

1. A building in which plays are performed; a theatre. Also figurative.In quot. 1958: (by metonymy) a theatre company.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [noun]

houseOE

playhouseOE

playing-placea1375

showplace1560

show hall1562

theatre?1577

theatre-house1578

cockpita1616

stage-house1638

show house1674

saloon1747

theatrum1786

spellkenc1800

hippodrome1811

spell1819

show-box1822

OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 260 Cęlestis theatri : þæs heofenlican pleghuses.

1595 P. Henslowe Diary (1961) 6 A nott what I haue layd owt abowt my playhowsse ffor payntinge.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. 0. 36 The Scene Is now transported (Gentles) to Southampton, There is the Play-house now, there must you sit.

1623 in N. Shaks. Soc. Trans. (1885) 504 Att the play howse called the Cockpitt in Drurie Lane.

1666 S. Pepys Diary 27 Oct. (1972) VII. 344 The playhouses begin to play next week.

1705 W. Wycherley Let. to Pope 5 Nov. You may see..the two great Play-houses of the Nation, those of the Lords and Commons, in dispute with one another.

1733 A. Pope Let. to Swift 16 Feb. in J. Swift Lett. Dr. Swift (1741) 183 The Comedy (which our poor friend [sc. Gay] gave to the playhouse the week before his death).

1775 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1915) 10 140 The Vestry agree that the Play house be fitted up for a place of divine worship.

1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. I. xiv. 164 There is no play-house in Harford, nor in any other place in Connecticut.

1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) iv, in Writings I. 30 I was born a lady..though I do sell fruit in the playhouse.

1892 Welsh Rev. 1 751 The modern playhouse..has become the home, not of the play, but the playlet.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. ix. [Scylla & Charybdis] 180 The flag is up on the playhouse by the bankside.

1958 F. O'Connor Let. 20 May in Habit of Being (1980) 283 A university playhouse asked me about writing something for them.

1995 Empire Nov. 69/1 Norham spent a year pulling the ropes in the playhouses of his home town, Bristol, before graduating to the boards of RSC.

2. A toy house for children to play in.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > playhouse

playhouse1789

tree-house1867

Wendy house1949

1789 A. Young Jrnl. 13 June in Trav. France (1792) i. 108 These cases of models..have so much the air of childrens' playhouses, that I would not answer for my little girl..not crying for them.

1857 M. J. Holmes Meadow-Brook xxv. 317 At a short distance from the house was a tall cypress..where now was a play-house.

1908 G. Jekyll Children & Gardens ii. 11 A good play-house..is a little house somewhere in garden or shrubbery, consisting of a kitchen and a sitting-room.

1968 Sunday Times 16 June 61 The Peter Murray play house..is big enough to hold several children at once.

1993 Down East Aug. 43/1 He had planned to turn the building into a playhouse for his child, he told them.

Compounds

C1.

playhouse flesh and blood n. now historical

ΚΠ

1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode Prol. sig. Ai The women..swore they would be true..But..they were made of Play house flesh and bloud.

1720 J. Mottley Imperial Captives p. xiv Pity my Case,—I'm Play-house Flesh and Blood.

1979 ELH 46 595 (title) ‘Playhouse flesh and blood’: sexual ideology and the Restoration actress.

playhouse manager n.

ΚΠ

1732 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. Contents 592 Patriots and Play-house managers, a comparison.

1817 Sporting Mag. Feb. 216/1 The playhouse managers piously determined that the wicked entertainment of Don Juan should never again be presented.

1906 W. Nicholson Struggle for Free Stage in London ii. 33 The doubt was frequently expressed whether the crown prerogative itself extended so far as to silence playhouse managers not holding their privilege from the crown.

2007 Chico (Calif.) Enterprise-Record (Nexis) 10 Jan. The Buzz covers virtually every play in the area, and our local playhouse managers are pretty good sports.

playhouse scene n.

ΚΠ

1785 R. Cumberland Observer xxiii. 218 I beheld something approaching to me, which looked like columns and arches and porticos in the perspective of a playhouse scene.

1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 35 Like playhouse-scenes the shore slid past our sleepy eyes.

1999 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 21 Mar. 9 In the large playhouse scenes and town scenes, the people had to look quite grimy.

playhouse song n.

ΚΠ

1685 (title) The loyal garland of mirth and pastime Set forth in sundry pleasant [n]ew songs;..A song of the bride and bridegroom. A pleasant new play-house song.

1761 (title) A new academy of compliments..With a collection of the newest Play-house Songs.

a1832 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Waverley Novels (1855) 523 Poor Jack Ward had the bastinado for celebrating their merits in a parody on the playhouse song, ‘Sure such a pair were never seen’.

1938 PMLA 53 151 The tune after the fourth act was utilized for..ten ballads under the name ‘Philander,’ derived from the title of the broadside version of the original playhouse song.

† playhouse wit n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1640 N. Richards Trag. Messallina (front matter) 'Tis judgement to know judgement, and I find Most of our Playhouse wits, are of my minde.

1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical v. 50 A Play-House Wit is distinguish'd by wanting Understanding.

C2.

playhouse pay n. now historical payment to an actor which is apportioned according to number of actual performances.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > fee for services rendered > [noun] > fee of professional person > money paid to actors or entertainers

playhouse pay1790

treasury1885

1790 T. Wilkinson Mem. Own Life I. 146 The theatre being for the first month opened three nights in a week, my salary was only fifteen shillings as play-house pay, and when got to four nights, merely twenty shillings.

1845 Bentley's Misc. June 600 In the year 1728 a first-rate singer, according to play-house pay, which means the actual nights of performance, could command no more than forty-five pounds annually.

1973 K. A. Burnim et al. Biogr. Dict. Actors, Actresses 1660–1800 II. 340 He was arrested for debt, he said, and imprisoned in Marshalsea for eight weeks; his playhouse pay had been stopped—something not previously done to actors, he claimed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	playhouse
释义	playhousen. Brit. /ˈpleɪhaʊs/, U.S. /ˈpleɪˌ(h)aʊs/ Forms: see play n. and house n.¹ and int. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: play n., house n.¹ Etymology: < play n. + house n.¹ Compare playing-house n. at playing n. Compounds 2 and playing-place n. at playing n. Compounds 2. 1. A building in which plays are performed; a theatre. Also figurative.In quot. 1958: (by metonymy) a theatre company. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [noun] houseOE playhouseOE playing-placea1375 showplace1560 show hall1562 theatre?1577 theatre-house1578 cockpita1616 stage-house1638 show house1674 saloon1747 theatrum1786 spellkenc1800 hippodrome1811 spell1819 show-box1822 OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 260 Cęlestis theatri : þæs heofenlican pleghuses. 1595 P. Henslowe Diary (1961) 6 A nott what I haue layd owt abowt my playhowsse ffor payntinge. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. 0. 36 The Scene Is now transported (Gentles) to Southampton, There is the Play-house now, there must you sit. View more context for this quotation 1623 in N. Shaks. Soc. Trans. (1885) 504 Att the play howse called the Cockpitt in Drurie Lane. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 27 Oct. (1972) VII. 344 The playhouses begin to play next week. 1705 W. Wycherley Let. to Pope 5 Nov. You may see..the two great Play-houses of the Nation, those of the Lords and Commons, in dispute with one another. 1733 A. Pope Let. to Swift 16 Feb. in J. Swift Lett. Dr. Swift (1741) 183 The Comedy (which our poor friend [sc. Gay] gave to the playhouse the week before his death). 1775 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1915) 10 140 The Vestry agree that the Play house be fitted up for a place of divine worship. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. I. xiv. 164 There is no play-house in Harford, nor in any other place in Connecticut. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) iv, in Writings I. 30 I was born a lady..though I do sell fruit in the playhouse. 1892 Welsh Rev. 1 751 The modern playhouse..has become the home, not of the play, but the playlet. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. ix. [Scylla & Charybdis] 180 The flag is up on the playhouse by the bankside. 1958 F. O'Connor Let. 20 May in Habit of Being (1980) 283 A university playhouse asked me about writing something for them. 1995 Empire Nov. 69/1 Norham spent a year pulling the ropes in the playhouses of his home town, Bristol, before graduating to the boards of RSC. 2. A toy house for children to play in. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > playhouse playhouse1789 tree-house1867 Wendy house1949 1789 A. Young Jrnl. 13 June in Trav. France (1792) i. 108 These cases of models..have so much the air of childrens' playhouses, that I would not answer for my little girl..not crying for them. 1857 M. J. Holmes Meadow-Brook xxv. 317 At a short distance from the house was a tall cypress..where now was a play-house. 1908 G. Jekyll Children & Gardens ii. 11 A good play-house..is a little house somewhere in garden or shrubbery, consisting of a kitchen and a sitting-room. 1968 Sunday Times 16 June 61 The Peter Murray play house..is big enough to hold several children at once. 1993 Down East Aug. 43/1 He had planned to turn the building into a playhouse for his child, he told them. Compounds C1. playhouse flesh and blood n. now historical ΚΠ 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode Prol. sig. Ai The women..swore they would be true..But..they were made of Play house flesh and bloud. 1720 J. Mottley Imperial Captives p. xiv Pity my Case,—I'm Play-house Flesh and Blood. 1979 ELH 46 595 (title) ‘Playhouse flesh and blood’: sexual ideology and the Restoration actress. playhouse manager n. ΚΠ 1732 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. Contents 592 Patriots and Play-house managers, a comparison. 1817 Sporting Mag. Feb. 216/1 The playhouse managers piously determined that the wicked entertainment of Don Juan should never again be presented. 1906 W. Nicholson Struggle for Free Stage in London ii. 33 The doubt was frequently expressed whether the crown prerogative itself extended so far as to silence playhouse managers not holding their privilege from the crown. 2007 Chico (Calif.) Enterprise-Record (Nexis) 10 Jan. The Buzz covers virtually every play in the area, and our local playhouse managers are pretty good sports. playhouse scene n. ΚΠ 1785 R. Cumberland Observer xxiii. 218 I beheld something approaching to me, which looked like columns and arches and porticos in the perspective of a playhouse scene. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 35 Like playhouse-scenes the shore slid past our sleepy eyes. 1999 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 21 Mar. 9 In the large playhouse scenes and town scenes, the people had to look quite grimy. playhouse song n. ΚΠ 1685 (title) The loyal garland of mirth and pastime Set forth in sundry pleasant [n]ew songs;..A song of the bride and bridegroom. A pleasant new play-house song. 1761 (title) A new academy of compliments..With a collection of the newest Play-house Songs. a1832 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Waverley Novels (1855) 523 Poor Jack Ward had the bastinado for celebrating their merits in a parody on the playhouse song, ‘Sure such a pair were never seen’. 1938 PMLA 53 151 The tune after the fourth act was utilized for..ten ballads under the name ‘Philander,’ derived from the title of the broadside version of the original playhouse song. † playhouse wit n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1640 N. Richards Trag. Messallina (front matter) 'Tis judgement to know judgement, and I find Most of our Playhouse wits, are of my minde. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical v. 50 A Play-House Wit is distinguish'd by wanting Understanding. C2. playhouse pay n. now historical payment to an actor which is apportioned according to number of actual performances. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > fee for services rendered > [noun] > fee of professional person > money paid to actors or entertainers playhouse pay1790 treasury1885 1790 T. Wilkinson Mem. Own Life I. 146 The theatre being for the first month opened three nights in a week, my salary was only fifteen shillings as play-house pay, and when got to four nights, merely twenty shillings. 1845 Bentley's Misc. June 600 In the year 1728 a first-rate singer, according to play-house pay, which means the actual nights of performance, could command no more than forty-five pounds annually. 1973 K. A. Burnim et al. Biogr. Dict. Actors, Actresses 1660–1800 II. 340 He was arrested for debt, he said, and imprisoned in Marshalsea for eight weeks; his playhouse pay had been stopped—something not previously done to actors, he claimed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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