Editing Outline of theatre (section)

===Western tradition===
Chronological movements of the [[History of theatre#European theatre|Western tradition]] include:
* [[Theatre of ancient Greece]] – a theatrical [[culture]] that flourished in [[Classical Greece|ancient Greece]] between c. 550 and c. 220 BC. Tragedy (late 6th century BC), [[Ancient Greek comedy|comedy]] (486 BC), and the [[satyr play]] were the three [[drama]]tic [[genre]]s to emerge there. Western theatre originated in Athens and its drama has had a significant and sustained impact on [[Western culture]] as a whole.
* [[Theatre of ancient Rome]] – diverse art form, ranging from [[Roman festival|festival]] performances of [[street theatre]], nude dancing, and [[acrobatics]], to the staging of [[Plautus]]'s broadly appealing situation comedies, to the [[high culture|high-style]], verbally elaborate tragedies of [[Seneca the Younger|Seneca]]. Although Rome had a native tradition of performance, the [[Hellenization]] of [[Roman culture]] in the 3rd century BCE had a profound and energizing effect on Roman theatre and encouraged the development of [[Latin literature]] of the highest quality for the stage.
* [[Medieval theatre]] – theatre of Europe between the fall of the [[Western Roman Empire]] in the 5th century AD and the beginning of the [[Renaissance]] in approximately the 15th century AD. Medieval theatre covers all drama produced in Europe over that thousand-year period and refers to a variety of genres, including [[liturgical drama]], [[mystery plays]], [[morality plays]], [[farce]]s and [[masque]]s.
* [[Commedia dell'arte]] – a form of [[Italian theatre]] characterized by [[Mask#Masks in theatre|masked "types"]] which was popular throughout Europe between the 16th and 18th centuries, and was responsible for the advent of the actress and [[Improvisational theatre|improvised performances]] based on [[Sketch comedy|sketches]] or [[scenario]]s. A special characteristic of {{lang|it|commedia}} is the {{lang|it|[[Lazzi|lazzo]]}}, a joke or "something foolish or witty", usually well known to the performers and to some extent a scripted routine.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Playing Commedia A Training Guide to Commedia Techniques |last=Grantham |first=Barry |publisher=Heinemann Drama |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-325-00346-7 |location=United Kingdom |pages=3, 6–7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Lazzi: The Comic Routine of the Commedia dell'Arte|last=Gordon|first=Mel|publisher=Performing Arts Journal Publications|year=1983|isbn=978-0-933826-69-4|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/lazzicomicroutin00gord/page/4 4]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/lazzicomicroutin00gord/page/4}}</ref> Another characteristic of {{lang|it|commedia}} is [[Mime artist|pantomime]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=A History Of Pantomime|last=Broadbent|first=R.J.|publisher=Benjamin Blom, Inc.|year=1901|location=New York|page=62}}</ref>

* [[English Renaissance theatre]] – also known as ''early modern English theatre'', refers to the theatre of England, largely based in London, which occurred between the [[English Reformation|Reformation]] and the [[closure of the theatres in 1642]]. It includes the [[drama]] of [[William Shakespeare]], [[Christopher Marlowe]] and many other famous playwrights.
* [[Restoration comedy]] – English [[Comedy (drama)|comedies]] written and performed in the [[Restoration (England)|Restoration]] period from 1660 to 1710. After public stage performances had been banned for 18 years by the [[Puritan]] regime, the re-opening of the theatres in 1660 signalled a renaissance of [[English drama]]. Restoration comedy is notorious for its [[human sexual behavior|sexual]] explicitness.
* [[Restoration spectacular]] – elaborately staged productions beginning the late 17th-century [[English Restoration|Restoration]] period, enthralling audiences with action, music, dance, moveable [[scenery]], [[baroque illusionistic painting]], gorgeous costumes, and [[special effect]]s such as [[trapdoor]] tricks, "flying" actors, and [[fireworks]].
* [[Neoclassism|Neoclassical theatre]] – theatrical movement that drew inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of [[Ancient Greece]] or [[Ancient Rome]] that was dominant in Europe from the mid-18th to the 19th centuries.
* [[Nineteenth-century theatre]] – wide range of movements in the theatrical [[culture]] of Europe and the United States in the 19th century. In the [[Western culture|West]], they include [[Romanticism]], [[melodrama]], the [[well-made play]]s of [[Eugène Scribe|Scribe]] and [[Victorien Sardou|Sardou]], the [[farce]]s of [[Feydeau]], the [[problem play]]s of [[Naturalism (theatre)|Naturalism]] and [[Realism (theatre)|Realism]], [[Wagner]]'s [[opera]]tic ''[[Gesamtkunstwerk]]'', [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s plays and operas, [[Oscar Wilde|Wilde]]'s drawing-room comedies, [[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolism]], and proto-[[Expressionism]] in the late works of [[August Strindberg]] and [[Henrik Ibsen]].<ref>Brockett and Hildy (2003, 293–426).</ref>
** [[Nineteenth-century theatrical scenery]]
* [[Twentieth-century theatre]] – wide range of movements in the theatrical [[culture]] of the 20th century, including [[Naturalism (theatre)|Naturalism]], [[Realism (theatre)|Realism]], [[Expressionism (theatre)|Expressionism]] and [[Experimental theatre]].
** [[Theatre of the United Kingdom]] – introduced by the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] and part of the [[British culture]] since at least 1585.
*** [[West End theatre|West End]] – popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of [[London]]'s 'Theatreland', the [[West End of London|West End]].<ref name="cgt">Christopher Innes, 'West End' in ''The Cambridge Guide to Theatre'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), pp.1194?1195, {{ISBN|0-521-43437-8}}</ref>
*** [[fringe theatre|London fringe]] – small scale theatres, many of them located above pubs, and the equivalent to New York's [[Off-Broadway]] or [[Off-Off-Broadway]] theatres.
*** [[Fringe festival]] – [[unjuried]] festivals, such as the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] and [[Adelaide Fringe]], permit artists to produce a wide variety of works.
** [[Theater of the United States]] – based in the [[Western world|Western]] tradition.
*** [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] – refers to theatrical performances presented in the [[Theater District, New York|Theater District]] centered along [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]], and in [[Lincoln Center]], in [[Manhattan]] in [[New York City]].<ref>Pincus-Roth, Zachary.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114923.html "Ask Playbill.com: Broadway or Off-Broadway—Part I"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211105820/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114923.html |date=2008-02-11 }} Playbill.com, February 7, 2008</ref> Along with [[London]]'s [[West End theatre]], Broadway theatre is widely considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the [[English-speaking world]].
*** [[Off-Broadway]] – professional venue in New York City with a [[seating capacity]] between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a [[play (theatre)|play]], [[musical theater|musical]] or [[revue]].<ref name=League>{{cite web|url=http://www.offbroadway.org/OB_MBA_2001a.pdf|title=Off-Broadway Minimum Basic Agreement|author=League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers Inc. & The Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers|access-date=2007-12-14|archive-date=2008-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228011834/http://www.offbroadway.org/OB_MBA_2001a.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> These theatres are smaller than [[Broadway theatre]]s.
*** [[Off-Off-Broadway]] – theaters in New York City that have fewer than 100 seats,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/5191 |title=Off-Off-Broadway, Way Back When |access-date=2007-12-13}}</ref> though the term can be used for any show in the New York City area that has neither an Off-Broadway nor a Broadway contract.
**** [[Downtown#In popular culture|Downtown Theater]] – Part of the avant-garde artistic movement that began in the 1970s and is centered below 14th Street in Manhattan.
*** [[Regional theatre in the United States|Regional theatre]] – professional theatre companies outside of New York City that produce their own seasons.
*** [[Summer stock theatre]] – any [[theater (structure)|theatre]] that presents stage productions only in the summer within the United States. Often viewed as a starting point for professional actors, stock casts are typically young, just out of high school or still in college.
** Theatre of the Soviet Union
*** [[Proletcult Theatre]] – theatrical branch of the [[Soviet]] cultural movement [[Proletcult]] concerned with the powerful expression of [[ideological]] content as political [[propaganda]] in the years following the [[October Revolution|revolution of 1917]]. [[Platon Kerzhentsev]] was one of its principal [[Theatre practitioner|practitioners]].<ref>von Geldern (1993, 27).</ref>