theater-in-the-round
[thee-uh-ter-in-th uh-round, theeuh -]
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noun
a style of theatrical presentation in which the audience is seated on all sides of the performance area.
Origin of theater-in-the-round
First recorded in 1945–50
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Contemporary Examples of theater-in-the-round
The curtain lifted on his theater-in-the-round set to reveal models perched on the white horses of a mirrored carousel.
Historical Examples of theater-in-the-round
It stood like an alabaster stele in the center of an immense chamber arranged like a theater-in-the-round.
The AmbassadorSamuel Kimball Merwin