legitimate theater
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English
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Alternative forms
[edit]- legitimate theatre (standard spelling in all English-speaking countries except the USA)
Etymology
[edit]A reference to the British Licensing Act 1737
Noun
[edit]legitimate theater (countable and uncountable, plural legitimate theaters)
- (uncountable) Serious drama, as opposed to farce or musical theater.
- 1996, Jack Barth, “A Fish Called Selma”, in The Simpsons, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta):
- [while watching "Planet of the Apes", the musical] I love legitimate theater
- (countable) A theater that performs serious dramas.