19th-century theatre

German composer (1813–1883)

late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images

thumb|250px|Mélodrame, painted by Honoré Daumier between 1855 and 1860, depicting a typical Parisian scene on [[Boulevard du Temple]]

German poet, writer, and critic (1773–1853)

Russian theatre company

English stage actor of the Victorian era (1838–1905)

thumb|upright=1.35|Stairway of the Hôtel Tassel, an early example of Gesamtkunstwerk A Gesamtkunstwerk (, 'total work of art', 'ideal work of art', 'universal artwork', 'synthesis of the arts', 'comprehensive artwork', or 'all-embracing art form') is a work of art that makes use of all or many art forms or strives to do so. The term is a German loanword accepted in English as a term in aesthetics.

German noble (1826–1914)

French actor (1841-1909)

thumb|The Christmas Pantomime colour lithograph book cover, 1890, showing [[harlequinade characters]] Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment, generally combining broad and topical humour and cross-dressing actors with a story more or less based on a well-known fairy tale, fable or folk tale. Pantomime is a participatory form of theatre developed in England in the 18th century in which the audience is encouraged and expected to sing along with certain parts of the music and to shout out phrases to the performers.

French playwright and theatre director (1773-1844)

movement in European drama and theatre

German theatre director (1856–1912)

theater

thumb|right|300px|Vasateatern Vasateatern or "Vasan" (English: Vasa Theatre) is a private theatre in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located at Vasagatan 19–21 in central Stockholm.

Small stage made of paper on which the technical diversity of a human stage can be imitated or tested in model form.

theatre in Paris, France

theatre company

In theater and music history, a burletta (Italian, meaning "little joke", sometimes burla or burlettina) is a brief comic opera. In eighteenth-century Italy, a burletta was the comic intermezzo between the acts of an opera seria. The extended work Pergolesi's was also designated a "burletta" at its London premiere in 1758.

movement in 19th-century theatre

English actor and playwright (1802-1879)

German actor and director (1837–1891)

theatrical genre

Dramatic genre

touring theater company which performed only one play

theatre in Stockholm, Sweden

French stage actor (1847-1938)