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Theatre vs Stagecraft - What's the difference?

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Theatre is a related term of stagecraft.


As nouns the difference between theatre and stagecraft

is that theatre is (australia|canada|nz|uk) while stagecraft is (uncountable) the skills of the theater.

theatre

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, Canada, NZ, UK)
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  • (US)

    • Usage notes

    * The spelling being rare. * The spelling theater is the predominant American spelling; it accounts for about 80% of usage in COCA (the major corpus of American English). People who work in the theatre industry in America, however, usually use the spelling "theatre". The spelling is also used often in advertising.

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    stagecraft

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The skills of the theater.
    • To be a professional actor you need to learn stagecraft .
  • (countable) A specific skill of the theater.
    • Lighting is a very technical stagecraft .