34 Metaphors for theatre

Stocks fell, but the theatres were the fuller; Joseph Jefferson at Winter Garden, Wallack at his own theatre, "The Seven Sisters" at Laura Keene's, drew unsatisfied crowds, galloping headlong on the heels of pleasure.

The theatre is a daughter of this prolific mother of abominations, and a child worthy of its dam.

NOTTINGHAM (214), capital of Nottinghamshire, on the Trent, 126 m. NW. of London; is a spacious and well-built town, with an arboretum, castle (now an art gallery), two theatres, university college, free library, old grammar-school, racecourse, &c.; is the centre of lace-making and hosiery in England, and manufactures cottons, silks, bicycles, cigars, needles, beer, &c.; a fine granite and iron bridge spans the river.

That theatre of war will never be the United Kingdom unless and until the navy has failed to perform its task, in which case it will probably be too late to win battles in time to avert the national overthrow which must be the enemy's aim.

The Wieden theatre which is, as I have said, in the faubourgs, is the handsomest theatre perhaps in Europe for its size.

The theatre had been the object of their united efforts, and Goethe's best works belong to this time.

Of all the public buildings, the Theatre and the Exchange are the finest.

"The picture theatre has become the laboring man's favorite resort.

In the final version Wilhelm comes to the conclusion that the theatre is not his missionall that was a mistaken ambition.

My own first theatre was in the attic, a place of squeaks and shadows to all except the valiant.

The Tacon theatre is now the Nacional, and the Paseo Tacon is now Carlos III.

The theatre was a more prized and less common indulgence.

The theatres of San Francisco that were famous in an earlier era are now names packed away in the lavender of remembrance.

"Twenty picture theatres, with a film factory to supply them, is a big order even for a multi-millionaireand I can't imagine this boy coming under that head.

This little mechanical theatre is really a wonder.

The theatre again became Dryden's immediate resource.

The Dresden Court Theatre was formerly a model of impartiality.

This theatre is Jenny Lind's childhood's home.

Thus Love in Theatres did first improve, And Theatres are still the Scene of Love: Nor shun the Chariots, and the Coursers Race; The Circus is no inconvenient Place.

Mr. Burke, indeed, has gone so far as to observe that "the theatre is a better school of moral sentiment than churches."

On Monday afternoons the little theatres are seldom crowded, so Mr. Merrick's party secured choice seats where they could observe every detail of the photography.

The Orpheum theatre of San Francisco is the mother house of the vaudeville circuit of that name, which supplies entertainment to cities throughout the United States and has overseas affiliations.

The theatre is perhaps the largest in the world.

The great theatres of eloquence and public speaking in the United States are the legislative hall, the forum, and the stump, without adverting to the pulpit.

At the foreign courts, which it had been his lot to visit, the theatre was the chief entertainment; and as amusement was always his principal pursuit, it cannot be doubted that he often sought it there.

34 Metaphors for  theatre