James Ivory

My father built me a theatre behind the house where I could put on plays. Dear me, I'm making it sound a bit grand, and it wasn't an amphitheatre or anything like that, just a little place with a roll-up curtain box and I'm sure the plays were childish lopsided things.

American Director

Ted Dwane

In December 2010, we embarked on a slightly strange tour of India. We played every kind of gig you could imagine over two weeks, from sports bars to hotel bars to a beautiful outdoor amphitheatre.

British Musician

Kat Edmonson

Growing up, my imagined life as a musician was something along the lines of me lounging in a Learjet en route to a swelling outdoor amphitheatre on a dazzling summer's eve.

American Musician

Michael Ende

She would sit by herself in the middle of the old stoe amphitheatre, with the sky's starry vault overhead, and simply listen to the great silence around her.

German Writer

Kelly Ripa

When you have an entire amphitheatre of people laughing that way, it makes you feel so funny and it frees you to go further than you probably would.

American Entertainer

Amphitheatres host community gatherings, consider venue size and purpose when using the word.

Public Events

Ancient amphitheatres are historic; specify if referring to these to enhance cultural understanding.

Historic Structures

Recognize that amphitheatres can be cultural symbols representing art and history.

Cultural Significance

The word often describes natural valleys shaped like an amphitheatre, highlighting geological features.

Natural Formations

When describing nature, 'amphitheatre' suggests a scenic, circular space, ideal for its acoustics.

Natural Settings

Use when discussing geographical phenomena, especially to describe the shape and formation process.

Geological Context

 they said we think you found the missing amphitheatre of Portus here's an example of one from North Africa amphitheaters were places of performance places were plays political debates and battle reenactments took place in other words ideas were spreading

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 like a Greek amphitheatre, is a place for ecstasy also. We are participating in a reality that is different from that of the everyday life that we're used to. But this man doesn't need to go there.

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 tradition they required dedicated venues the world's oldest stone amphitheatre also one of the best-preserved is in the southern city of Pompeii the