Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

theatremaker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: the-atremak-er
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A theatrical producer, director, writer or impresario

Example Sentences

"Since first attracting international attention with The Dragons' Trilogy (1985) and his solo show Vinci (1986, both with Théâtre Repère), Canadian theatremaker Robert Lepage has become a controversial figure in contemporary theatre, arousing vociferous support and vitriolic criticism in equal measure, hailed as a theatrical magician or condemned as a gadget-obsessed purveyor of empty spectacle."
"That may be a difficult concept for a theatremaker to grasp, but all the unpaid bloggers who write reviews for the love of it demonstrate it to be the case."
"The method came to prominence in 2003, when the young theatremaker Alecky Blythe's company Recorded Delivery opened a new verbatim piece featuring performers wearing headphones called Come Out Eli at the three-year-old Arcola theatre in Dalston."

Etymology

From theatre + maker.

Inflected Forms

theatremakers (plural) theatermaker (alternative) theatre-maker (alternative)

Questions

What does theatremaker mean?: A theatrical producer, director, writer or impresario
Where does theatremaker come from?: From theatre + maker.

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