THEATRE

n. 1 playhouse, (opera) house, (music-) hall, auditorium, amphitheatre, theatre-in-the-round, coliseum, hippodrome, arena (theatre) A long run in a West End or Broadway theatre is every playwright's dream 2 drama, stagecraft, dramaturgy, melodrama, theatrics, histrionics, staginess, acting, performing, performance Even the way Mary serves dinner is pure theatre 3 the theatre. drama, the stage, dramaturgy, dramatic or Thespian or histrionic art(s), the boards, show business, Colloq showbiz The theatre is a risky profession 4 area, arena, scene, sphere or place or field of action, setting: In which theatre of war did you serve?