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Definition of Playhouse
1. Noun. Plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of.
Definition of Playhouse
1. n. A building used for dramatic exhibitions; a theater.
Definition of Playhouse
1. Noun. A theater; a venue for performing plays. ¹
2. Noun. A toy house for children to play in; a cubby house or Wendy house. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Playhouse
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Playhouse
Literary usage of Playhouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Exemplary Theatre by Harley Granville-Barker (1922)
"For this will be the determining feature of the theatre as playhouse, ... Let us
imagine, to begin with, a playhouse company for whom performances will not ..."
2. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"... 1661, to the following effect : ' The Fortune playhouse, situate between White
Cross Street and Golding Lane, in the parish of St Giles, Cripplegate, ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1908)
"The cost of producing the tablet, of SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE playhouse MEMORIAL.
lection of the event lingered on in the descriptive name of Brentford. ..."
4. Shakespearean Playhouses: A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings by Joseph Quincy Adams (1917)
"In the absence of such, I offer the reader a verbal picture of the interior as
THE FORTUNE playhouse (?) The curious structure with the flag may be intended ..."
5. Who's who in Music and Drama: An Encyclopedia of Biography of Notable Men by Harry Prescott hanaford, Dixie Hines (1914)
"Appeared as Alfred Sterry in Truth, same playhouse, Feb. 8, 1879. Prod, (but did
nut appear) ... 17, 1880, and at same playhouse as Montague Ley- ton in ..."
6. The Exemplary Theatre by Harley Granville-Barker (1922)
"For this will be the determining feature of the theatre as playhouse, ... Let us
imagine, to begin with, a playhouse company for whom performances will not ..."
7. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"... 1661, to the following effect : ' The Fortune playhouse, situate between White
Cross Street and Golding Lane, in the parish of St Giles, Cripplegate, ..."
8. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1908)
"The cost of producing the tablet, of SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE playhouse MEMORIAL.
lection of the event lingered on in the descriptive name of Brentford. ..."
9. Shakespearean Playhouses: A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings by Joseph Quincy Adams (1917)
"In the absence of such, I offer the reader a verbal picture of the interior as
THE FORTUNE playhouse (?) The curious structure with the flag may be intended ..."
10. Who's who in Music and Drama: An Encyclopedia of Biography of Notable Men by Harry Prescott hanaford, Dixie Hines (1914)
"Appeared as Alfred Sterry in Truth, same playhouse, Feb. 8, 1879. Prod, (but did
nut appear) ... 17, 1880, and at same playhouse as Montague Ley- ton in ..."
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