Literary notes about theater (AI summary)
In literature the word "theater" is employed with remarkable versatility, serving both as a literal venue for performance and as a powerful metaphor for broader human experiences. It appears in portrayals of opulent playhouses and social rituals—where characters attend sophisticated performances or observe courtly etiquettes [1, 2, 3]—and in depictions of vibrant public life with its attendant dramas [4, 5]. At the same time, the term is appropriated to evoke the unfolding of divine acts or the strategic staging of war, with expressions like "the theater of war" emphasizing the controlled and deliberate nature of conflict [6, 7, 8]. Thus, writers use "theater" to bridge the realms of art, society, and conflict, underscoring its enduring symbolic power [9, 10].
- At this time the gentlemen always sat in the side boxes of the theater; the ladies in the front boxes.
— from The Rape of the Lock, and Other Poems by Alexander Pope - "She's dressed for the theater," said Lavinia.
— from A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett - But the Normans, if they ask people to dine and go to the theater, invariably dine at home.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post - " "And go to the theater, truly?" "A dozen theaters, if we may.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - The entrance to the theater is in the center of the background, under the gallery of the boxes.
— from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand - In them God finds a theater where He can display His exceeding kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
— from The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer - The portion of the theater of war from which an enemy can probably reach this front in two or three marches is called the front of operations .
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - In the second case each army will have its own independent theater of operations.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - It antedates all antiquities known or imaginable; for it was here the world itself created the theater of future antiquities.
— from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain - In some places, OWI worked with OSS as in the European Theater, in others independently, as in the China-Burma-India Theater.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
