Theatre Geekery

Theatre history in Peru goes back to Incan culture. Inca religious celebrations used drama and theatrics. However, there aren't any w...

Theatre history in Kazakhstan does not go far back because it was once part of the Soviet Union, so most of it's theatre history would ...

Estonian theatre dates back to Estonian folklore when games and rituals were played to celebrate and commemorate. However, the foundation ...

It can be difficult to find information on Hungarian theatre history, but there is a little bit. While it is in Transylvania which is in R...

Theatre in Azerbaijan can be traced back to games and religious rites where wrestlers adn weightlifters known as pehlevans would play zorkh...

The history of the Icelandic theatre goes back to the late 1700s. The first well-known Icelandic play is Narfi, written by the well-knonw ...

During the British rule of Jamaica, the first theatre was founded in Spanish Town in 1682. During the 1700s, two more theatres opened in S...

Even though African Theater has been covered, the country of Egypt has a theatre history all of its own. Egyptian theatre goes back to an...

Scottish theatre goes back to the medieval period. Like many places, they had liturgicla dramas and mystery plays. Many festivals were ac...

Much of Irish theatre was at first influenced by British theatre. Irish playwrights would go to Britain to sell their work or to have it p...

While Africa didn't consider itself to have theatre, there was no doubt that early African traditions of dance, story telling, and song...

For awhile in the early 20th century, Albert Ranft was regarded as "the theatre emperor of Stockholm." For a bit of time, his em...

Sweden's Royal Dramatic theatre's monopoly was dissolved in 1842. The Mindre Teatern was then founded by Anders Lindeberg, a Swed...

Scandinavia is the group of countries Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. It is difficult to find a lot of information on the beginning of Scandi...

The history of Mexican theatre dates back to the Aztecs. Theatrical performances were usually part of religious celebrations. They includ...

Ukrainian theatre can be traced back to pagan rituals that took place before the Christianization of Ukraine. Some of these elements can s...

The origin of Russian drama seems to be related to Pagan shows. There were recitations of fables and proverbs. They also had singing and ...

The earliest form of Thai theatre seems to be a type of entertainment that the Thais created during what is known as the Sukothai Period (1...

Korean theatre pre-dates Japanese theatre . It is thought that Korean theatre was first performed in courtyards and then moved to the stag...

Persian theatre goes back to the time of antiquity (around the 8th century B.C.). The first types of Persian theatre were ceremonial, used...