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repertory company

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noun

  1. US name: stock company.  a theatrical company that performs plays from a repertoire, esp at its own theatre

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They nail the steps but not quite the spirit — a common problem with this repertory company when it reaches into the past.

From New York Times May 8, 2024

He fought tirelessly for two ideas that have fallen out of favor: a conservatory affiliated with a world-class professional theater and a repertory company that would provide actors a stable home for artistic growth.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 8, 2023

The creation that would define his career came early: at 21, he was part of a travelling repertory company when he came up with a character of a snobbish, inadvertently offensive housewife.

From Reuters Apr. 22, 2023

Everybody's working at the height of their ability, you had this extraordinary repertory company, a perfect cast.

From Washington Post Apr. 27, 2022

In his youth, before he took to the ring in earnest, he had travelled with a Shakespearean repertory company.

From The White Feather by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

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