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Theatre or theater [a] is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.
In British English, artefact is the main spelling and artifact a minor variant. [138] In American English, artifact is the usual spelling. Canadians prefer artifact and Australians artefact, according to their respective dictionaries. [12] Artefact reflects Arte-fact(um), the Latin source. [139] axe: axe, ax. Both the noun and verb.
The spelling theatre can be seen in names like the Kodak Theatre and AMC Theatres. However, the spelling theater is used for the various venues at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts , and all major American newspapers, such as The New York Times 's theater section [ 15 ] to refer to both the dramatic arts as well as to the ...
*theatre – theater/Theatre [1] : In U.S. English, "theater" is the preferred spelling but "theatre" is also used. [2] The term "theater" can refer to a building in which plays are performed or in which films are shown (a theater) while "theatre" may be used to refer to the performance itself (theatre arts), [ 3 ] but this distinction is ...
The English spelling was used until 1907 when Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. popularized the French spelling. "Follies" is now sometimes (incorrectly) employed as an analog for "revue," though the term was proprietary to Ziegfeld until his death in 1932.
This entry implies that theater and theatre are both used and acceptable in the U.S., with theater being more common and theatre being an equal variant. (Not a "secondary variant"; note the or). Clearly, nothing is said about British usage; indeed, we know for a fact that theatre is the one and only spelling in the UK. Now, the entry for learn
Nearly all of the Broadway and Off-Broadway theatres spell their names "x Theatre". In addition, "theatre" is correct in all dialects of English, while "theater" is correct only in American English. Even in the US, people connected with the theatre use the spelling "theatre"; and using the international spelling makes the article less US-centric.
In addition the spelling of "theater" is only a relatively new Americanism, and its spelling is not accepted by a number of individual theatres and organisations even in the US. Cinema, followed by theatre is the preferred spelling globally including in non-English speaking countries. AusLondonder 04:52, 20 January 2016 (UTC)