little theatre

noun

1. theatre experimental or avant-garde drama, usually amateur, originating from a theatrical movement of the 1920s

Example Sentences

In the evening the little theatre is illuminated regardless of expense, a fabulous sum being expended on extra lamps.

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So the tinker hired a professional show-man for his business agent, and built a little theatre and stage.

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I think it was closer to the expression of a would-be little-theatre actor expressing lust, and not quite making the grade.

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This was really love—a ‘grande passion,’—a really fine dramatic thing,—like the plays they acted at the little theatre yonder.

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Mr. Goldberg engaged us for his little theatre at Willow Grove.

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