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repertory|ˈrɛpətərɪ|
Also 6 erron. report-.
[See prec. and -ory.]
†1. An index, list, catalogue or calendar. Obs.
1552in Vicary's Anat. (1888) 304 The Vse of the first boke called a Repertory. 1588J. Mellis Briefe Instr. C iv b, Vnto which Leager it shalbe necessary to..make a calender, otherwise called a Reportory or a finder. 1601Holland Pliny II. 372 Hermippus..made besides a Repertorie or Index to euery booke of the said Poesie. 1687N. Johnston Assur. Abbey Lands 179 Whose singular favor I must ever acknowledge..in furnishing me with a Repertory, whereby I am enabled readily to find such Records. 1761Ducarel (title) A Proposal for Publishing a General Repertory of the Endowments of Vicarages.
attrib.1773Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 353/2 Quoting a multiplicity of cases from the Repertory [printed Ref-] Book.
2. A storehouse, magazine, or repository, where something may be found.
1593G. Harvey Pierce's Super. Wks. (Grosart) II. 66 As I looke..for his vniuersall Repertory of all Histories, contayning the memorable acts of all ages, all places, and all persons. a1751Bolingbroke Ess. ii. iii. Wks. 1754 IV. 46 His [Homer's] writings became the sole repertory to later ages of all the theology, philosophy, and history of those which preceded his. 1796Burke Let. Noble Ld. Wks. 1802 IV. 295 The moral scheme of France..is indeed an inexhaustible repertory of one kind of examples. 1839Hallam Hist. Lit. iii. i. §14 It is..an immense repertory of unconnected criticisms and other miscellaneous erudition. 1868Milman St. Paul's xviii. 456 The established repertory of our statutes and usages.
3. a. = repertoire.
1845E. Holmes Mozart 210 The repertory of the German lyric stage was..miserably poor in comic operas. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt xxxi, The tune the most symbolical of Liberalism which their repertory would furnish.
b. A type of theatrical presentation in which the plays performed by a company are changed at regular short intervals; repertory theatres collectively.
1896[see repertory theatre below]. 1910G. B. Shaw Let. 30 Apr. in Lett. to Granville Barker (1956) 164 Producing a lot of plays merely to ascertain which draws the most money, and running that and dropping the rest is not Propagandist Repertory. 1926[see co-star n.]. 1951Oxf. Compan. Theatre 664/2 The pioneer work of all these theatres stimulated an ever-growing interest in Repertory. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVIII. 229/1 The change from repertory to the single play and the rise of realistic production also shifted artistic control from the actor to the manager.
c. ellipt. for repertory company.
1933P. Godfrey Back-Stage ix. 134 The number of small stock companies, calling themselves resident repertories..continued to consolidate their positions with provincial audiences.
4. attrib., as (sense 3 b) repertory acting, repertory actor, repertory actress, repertory company, repertory movement, repertory play, repertory player, repertory system, repertory theatre.
1917J. Agate Buzz, Buzz! ii. 146 It is in this way that *Repertory acting gets its revenge. 1951Oxf. Compan. Theatre 664/1 Glasgow audiences became acquainted with Repertory acting and production of a high standard.
1917J. Agate Buzz, Buzz! ii. 145 Let us recall the *Repertory actor who, desponding of intellectual success, decided to ‘go back to the profession’. 1951Oxf. Compan. Theatre 665/2 John Drinkwater, a Repertory actor and dramatist. 1979K. O'Hara Searchers of Dead vi. 64 Noel was..a sound hard-working repertory actor.
1917J. Agate Buzz, Buzz! ii. 146 The *Repertory actress sometimes succeeds in sending you away from the theatre concerned for the character she has been representing. 1977‘J. le Carré’ Hon. Schoolboy xiii. 290 She frowned..like a repertory actress doing Forgetfulness.
1909G. B. Shaw Let. 29 Dec. in Lett. to Granville Barker (1956) 160, I may shortly doubt whether he will throw himself into the *repertory company to be cast for anything you please. 1926Scribner's Mag. Aug. 224/1 Mr. Ames showed what could be done with a first-class repertory company. 1967Oxf. Compan. Theatre (ed. 3) 796/2 There have been many plays, first produced by a repertory company, which have then been transferred to London. 1977J. Aiken Last Movement i. 13 He was..highly experienced; he had been in different repertory companies since the age of sixteen.
1951Oxf. Compan. Theatre 663/2 It is impossible to name any one person as the sponsor of the *Repertory Movement in England, but no one can deny that it owes much to the vision and courage of J. T. Grein. 1955Radio Times 22 Apr. 7 The famous Liverpool Playhouse..was founded in 1911 by Miss Horniman, who had started the repertory movement in England. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVIII. 231/1 Miss A. E. F. Horniman (pioneer of the British repertory movement).
1903G. B. Shaw Let. 12 Jan. (1972) II. 302 Much Ado..would come in on tour as a Shakespearean *repertory play. 1933― in E. J. West Shaw on Theatre (1958) 235 All the players in the country, whether they are British Drama League players or Repertory players or regular professional players.
c1913D. McCarthy Drama (1940) 60 The *repertory system is certainly a means to getting good acting. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VIII. 514/1 Major English companies using the repertory system include the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-on-Avon and London and the National Theatre Company.
1896W. Archer Theatrical ‘World’ of 1895 390 A *repertory theatre, where unbroken runs shall be forbidden by the articles of association. 1897G. B. Shaw Our Theatres in Nineties (1932) III. 273 What we want in order to get the best work is a repertory theatre with alternative casts. 1909Times 9 June 8/6 It may..take a little time for the London public to grow used to the frequent changes of bill which a repertory theatre implies. 1976E. Dewhurst After Ball i. 5 The newly-formed Frensham repertory theatre club had come to the end of its first meeting. |