What is Theatre? Theatre is one of the oldest forms of entertainment, in which the actors perform live for an audience. The word theatre comes from the Greek theatron, meaning ?seeing place?. The term drama, coming from the Greek word dran, meaning ?to do?. Theatre is something seen and done(Cohen, 9). People and ideas combine to form the art of theatre. The word theatre refers to everything involved in putting on a performance from the …
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…own signification. There are many different types of the way theatre can be performed. Generally it is either directly performed for the audience, or indirectly overheard by the audience. The art of theatre expands the human imagination to the fullest extent. The word theatre represents all the aspects involved in the creation and production of a performance. ?Theatre is an event of: actions, sights, sounds, ideas, feelings, words, light, and ,most of all, people?(?Theatre?).