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Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. It is the oldest form of drama, though live theatre has now been joined by modern recorded forms. Elements of art, such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. Places, normally buildings, where performances regularly take place are also called "theatres" (or "theaters"), as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, "a place for viewing"), itself from θεάομαι (theáomai, "to see", "to watch", "to observe").
A theatre company is an organisation that produces theatrical performances, as distinct from a theatre troupe (or acting company), which is a group of theatrical performers working together. (Full article...)
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Aida performed by the Israeli Opera, by Avinoam Michaeli (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Cavalleria rusticana – Santuzza pleads with Turiddu, author unknown (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Charlton Heston, by Rowland Scherman (edited by Nehrams2020) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Les Troyens, by Antoine Barbizet (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Vocal score cover of La Prise de Troie at
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Les Huguenots, by Eugène Du Faget (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Costume designs for
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His Majesty poster, by Dudley Hardy (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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La bohème, by Adolfo Hohenstein (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Advertisement for the music score of
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Aida poster, by The Otis Lithograph Co (edited by Adam Cuerden/Kaldari) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Ruddygore, by Amédée Forestier (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Scenes of
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Minnie Maddern Fiske in Love Finds the Way (photo by Zaida Ben-Yusuf, restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)Actress
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L'Éclair, by Paul Gavarni and the Thierry brothers (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Vocal score cover of
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Le pardon de Ploërmel poster, by Henri Télory (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Gioachino Rossini, by Charles Motte (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)George IV greeting
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The Tempest, by George Romney/Benjamin Smith (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Fatinitza poster, by Vic Arnold (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Le roi d'Ys poster, by Auguste François-Marie Gorguet (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Götterdämmerung, by Max Brückner and Otto Henning (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Final scene of
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Un ballo in maschera, by Roberto Focosi and Francesco Corbetta (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Vocal score frontispiece of
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La Juive, by Eugène Cicéri and Philippe Benoist (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Set design for Act I of
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Priscilla Horton, by Richard James Lane (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Ruddigore, by H. M. Brock (restored by Adam Cuerden and Colin) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Ghost scene of
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Simon Boccanegra cover, author unknown (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Carmen, by Liebler & Maass Lith. (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Attila, author unknown (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Last scene of
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Jérusalem, by Alexandre Lacauchie (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Gaston at
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Le mage poster, by Alfredo Edel Colorno (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Le Cid (opera), by Auguste Tilly (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)The death of Gormas at
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The Winter's Tale, by John Opie/J.P. Simon (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Giovanna d'Arco, by Luigi Barinetti (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Title page of
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La traviata, by Leopoldo Ratti (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Vocal score cover of
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The Wicked World engraving, by David Henry Friston (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Ariadne auf Naxos, author unknown (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Vocal score cover of
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Utopia, Limited, by Strobridge & Co. Lith. (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Ages Ago poster, by Stannard & Son (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Engaged poster, by H.A. Thomas Lith. Studio (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Robinson Crusoé, by A. Jannin (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Vocal score cover of
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Sapho poster, by Jean de Paleologu (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Ethel Waters, by William P. Gottlieb (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Médée, by Giuseppe Palanti (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Vocal score cover of
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The Rose of Persia poster, by Dudley Hardy (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Ariane poster, by Albert Maignan (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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I Lombardi alla prima crociata, author unknown (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Title page of
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Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony (restored by Lise Broer) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)Photo of
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Le Juif Polonais poster, by Henri C. R. Presseq (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Arizona poster, by the U.S. Lithograph Co (edited by Jujutacular) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Ben-Hur poster, by Strobridge & Co. Lith. (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Hamlet, by W.J. Morgan & Co. Lith. of Cleveland, Ohio. (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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La favorite, by Émile Desmaisons and François-Gabriel Lépaulle (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Scene from
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Les Burgraves, by Humanité René Philastre and Charles-Antoine Cambon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Set design for Act 2 of
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Gismonda poster, by Georges Rochegrosse (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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John Shea, by Michael Calas (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Marino Faliero, by Luigi Verardi after Dominico Ferri (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Set design for Act II of
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Iolanthe poster, by H. M. Brock (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Cary Grant, by RKO Pictures publicity photographer (edited by Crisco 1492) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Big White Fog poster, by the Works Progress Administration (edited by Jujutacular) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Rigoletto, by Philippe Chaperon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Set design for Act IV of
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Iolanthe, by George H. Walker & Co. (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Cover of piano transcriptions of
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Rigoletto, by Roberto Focosi and Francesco Corbetta (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Vocal score cover of
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La bohème, by Adolfo Hohenstein (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Set design for Act 2 of
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Ivor Novello, by the Bain News Service (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Aida, by Philippe Chaperon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Set design for Act 4 of
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The Colonel, by the London Stereoscopic Company (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Actors from the revival of
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Othello theatrical poster, by the W.J. Morgan & Co. (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Chorus line, by the Courier Company, Lith. Dpt (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Carmen poster, by Prudent-Louis Leray (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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El Capitan, by Metropolitan Job Print (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Falstaff, by Christian Michelides (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)2016 production of
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Il trovatore poster, by Luigi Morgari (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Les Troyens, by Antoine Barbizet (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Vocal score cover of
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Jérusalem, author unknown (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Roger at
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King John, author unknown (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Pénélope poster, by Georges Rochegrosse (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Sherlock Holmes poster, by the Metropolitan Printing Co. (edited by Nagualdesign) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Jean Cocteau, by the Agence Meurisse (restored by JLPC) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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I puritani, by Luigi Verardi after Dominico Ferri (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Set design for Act I of
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Doris, by Nicholas Hanhart (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Sheet music cover of
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Don César de Bazan poster, by Célestin Nanteuil (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Burlesque, by H.C. Miner Litho. Co. (edited by Durova) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Geisha conversing near the Golden Temple in Kyoto, Japan (photo by Daniel Bachler) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)Two
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Tannhäuser, by Max Brückner and Gotthold Brückner (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Set design for Act 3 of
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Bacchus, by Paul Nadar (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Queen Amahelli in
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Henry Fuseli/J. P. Simon (edited by Durova) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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A Sensation Novel poster, by Robert Jacob Hamerton (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Ellen Terry, by Julia Margaret Cameron (edited by Materialscientist) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Madama Butterfly, by Alexandre Bailly and Marcel Jambon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Set design for Act I of
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Edgar, by Giuseppe Palanti (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Set design for Act 3 of
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, by Ralph Cleaver (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Celebrity charity performance of
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William Brough (writer), by Robert Jacob Hamerton (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)A Peculiar Family poster at
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Les Troyens, by Antoine Barbizet (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Vocal score cover of Les Troyens á Carthage at
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Robert Earl Jones, by Carl Van Vechten (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Falka poster, by David Allen & Sons (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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William Tell, by Eugène Du Faget (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Costume designs for
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lithograph for "William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee" from 1900, showing the blackface transformation of Billy B. Van (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)A
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Buffalo Bill, by Moffett, Chicago (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Roma poster, by Georges Rochegrosse (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Aida, by Philippe Chaperon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Set design for Act 1 of
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Dimitri, by Philippe Chaperon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Set design for
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Donald Pleasence, by Allan Warren (edited by Christoph Braun) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Béatrice et Bénédict, by Antoine Barbizet (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)Vocal score title page of
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Mary Pickford, by Moody (restored by Trialsanderrors and Yann) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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La Navarraise poster, by Reutlinger family photographer (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Macbeth, by W.J. Morgan & Co (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Tristan und Isolde, by Joseph Albert (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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- August 1748 – First performance of a bunraku based on the story of Chūshingura written by Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shōraku, and Namiki Senryū
- August 1947 – First Edinburgh International Festival took place in Edinburgh, Scotland
- 8 August 1963 – Opening of the Singapore National Theatre, commemorating the self-government of Singapore
- 19 August 1953 – Gholam-Hossein Saedi, one of the first modern playwrights of Iran, is arrested during the 1953 Iranian coup d'état
- 23 August 1920 – Premier of The Bat, a popular and often-imitated comedy-mystery by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood
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