repertorynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈrep.ə.tər.i/us/ˈrep.ɚ.tɔːr.i/informal repthe repeated performance of several plays one after the other by one company of actors:
a repertory company/group/theatre
in repertory
If a play is in repertory, it is one of several different plays being performed on particular days by the same company of actors:
"Macbeth" is in repertory at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
If an actor is in repertory, they are working with a repertory theatre group.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing
- act
- act sth out
- amateur theater
- enact
- entrance 1
- go on the stage idiom
- ham
- ham it up
- improvise
- live action
- offstage
- portray
- prompt
- rest
- stage
- stage fright
- stage whisper
- stage-struck
- stretch
- variety
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