History SmallReferencePools / Theatre

* When it comes to TheMusical, the only creators brought up are Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein (mostly for ''Oklahoma!''), Music/StephenSondheim (''Sweeney Todd'''s the only work of his that's specifically referenced), and Creator/AndrewLloydWebber (for ''Cats'', ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', and [[Theatre/StarlightExpress that one with the roller skates]]).

** Famous circus animals? Just Jumbo the Elephant (and when it comes to ''fictional'' circus animals, Mrs. Jumbo and Disney/{{Dumbo}}). Old Joe the Dromedary is only known indirectly, as the model for the camel on the Camel Cigarettes pack...and eventually for the most controversial advertising mascot in history, Joe Camel. And now that most circuses have phased out animal acts, probably the only place kids today can be expected to see them is on a Barnum's Animals cookie box.

* There are only three French playwrights : Corneille, Racine and Creator/{{Moliere}} - who all lived in the same century. Also, Corneille only ever wrote ''Le Cid'' ; never mind that it is fairly atypical compared to the rest of his work.

* [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]] both embodies and defies this trope - he put in a lot of references to very famous (in his time) figures, but also dug up some obscure things. He designed his plays to appeal both to the intellectuals and 'the groundlings'.

* When it comes to TheMusical, the only creators brought up are Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein (mostly for ''Oklahoma!''), Creator/StephenSondheim (''Sweeney Todd'''s the only work of his that's specifically referenced), and Creator/AndrewLloydWebber (for ''Cats'', ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', and [[Theatre/StarlightExpress that one with the roller skates]]).

* There are only three French playwrights : Corneille, Racine and Creator/Moliere - who all lived in the same century. Also, Corneille only ever wrote ''Le Cid'' ; never mind that it is fairly atypical compared to the rest of his work.

* There are only three French playwrights : Corneille, Racine and Creator/{{Molière}} - who all lived in the same century. Also, Corneille only ever wrote ''Le Cid'' ; never mind that it is fairly atypical compared to the rest of his work.

* If the SchoolPlay isn't Shakespeare, it's probably Thornton Wilder's ''OurTown''.

* When it comes to TheMusical, the only creators brought up are Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein (mostly for ''Oklahoma!''), Creator/StephenSondheim (''Sweeney Todd'''s the only work of his that's specifically referenced), and Creator/AndrewLloydWebber (for ''Cats'', ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', and [[StarlightExpress that one with the roller skates]]).

* When it comes to TheMusical, the only creators brought up are RodgersAndHammerstein (mostly for ''Oklahoma!''), Creator/StephenSondheim (''Sweeney Todd'''s the only work of his that's specifically referenced), and Creator/AndrewLloydWebber (for ''Cats'', ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', and [[StarlightExpress that one with the roller skates]]).

* Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw might be brought up instead of Shakespeare, but only in reference to ''Theatre/{{Pygmalion}}'' and ''MyFairLady''.

** Famous circus animals? Just Jumbo the Elephant (and when it comes to ''fictional'' circus animals, Mrs. Jumbo and Disney/{{Dumbo}}). Old Joe the Dromedary is only known indirectly, as the model for the camel on the Camel Cigarettes pack...and eventually for the most controversial advertising mascot in history, Joe Camel.

** Famous circus animals? Just Jumbo the Elephant (and when it comes to ''fictional'' circus animals, Mrs. Jumbo and WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}). Old Joe the Dromedary is only known indirectly, as the model for the camel on the Camel Cigarettes pack...and eventually for the most controversial advertising mascot in history, Joe Camel.

** Sideshow performers? General Tom Thumb, Film/TheElephantMan, Zip the Pinhead (who inspired ComicStripZippyThePinhead) or Chang and Eng Bunker (the "Siamese twins").

** Clowns? Pretty much just Emmett Kelly. (Bozo, Clarabelle, etc. don't count because they weren't actually circus clowns.)
** Sideshow performers? General Tom Thumb or Chang and Eng (the "Siamese twins").
** Famous circus animals? Just Jumbo the Elephant (and when it comes to ''fictional'' circus animals, Mrs. Jumbo and {{Dumbo}}). Old Joe the Dromedary is only known indirectly, as the model for the camel on the Camel Cigarettes pack...and eventually for the most controversial advertising mascot in history, Joe Camel.
** Magicians? Harry Houdini (never mind that he was an escape artist, not a magician). Maybe David Copperfield and Siegfried and Roy if you're lucky.
* Did Creator/OscarWilde write more plays than ''TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest''? He did, and some are as hilarious as this one, and he also wrote a tragedy in one act, but it's just that Earnest is such a funny and MeaningfulName...
* There are only three French playwrights : Corneille, Racine and Molière - who all lived in the same century. Also, Corneille only ever wrote ''Le Cid'' ; never mind that it is fairly atypical compared to the rest of his work.

** ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'': "Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?", in which case 'wherefore' will be taken to mean 'where'.

* Being a fan of Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof is a good way to establish a character's Jewish identity.

** ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'': Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?]]" instead, in which case 'wherefore' will be taken to mean 'where'.

* There have been only two circus companies ever: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (traditional) and Creator/CirqueDuSoleil (contemporary). And don't expect depictions of the latter to acknowledge that it is a ''company'' that presents [[CirqueDuSoleilIndex a variety of different productions]] and draws on an international talent pool -- it's almost invariably presented as a single troupe that only employs French/French-Canadian performers. If you're from the Greater Los Angeles (California) area, you can add Circus Vargas to the above list, and New Yorkers can add the Big Apple Circus.

* There have been only two circus companies ever: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (traditional) and CirqueDuSoleil (contemporary). And don't expect depictions of the latter to acknowledge that it is a company that presents [[CirqueDuSoleilIndex a variety of different productions]] and draws on an international talent pool -- it's invariably presented as a single troupe that only employs French/French-Canadian performers. If you're from the Greater Los Angeles (California) area, you can add Circus Vargas to the above list.
** Only lion tamers ever? Clyde Beatty (the guy who invented using a whip and a chair) or Gunther Gebel-Williams.

** Sideshow performers? Tom Thumb or Chang and Eng (the "Siamese twins").

** Only lion tamers ever? Clyde Beatty or Gunther Gebel-Williams.

** Famous circus animals? Just Jumbo the Elephant (and when it comes to ''fictional'' circus animals, Mrs. Jumbo and {{Dumbo}}).

** Clowns? Pretty much just Emmett Kelly. (Bozo and Clarabelle don't count because they weren't actually circus clowns.)

* There have been only two circus companies ever: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (traditional) and CirqueDuSoleil (contemporary). And don't expect depictions of the latter to acknowledge that it is a company that presents [[CirqueDuSoleilIndex a variety of different productions]] and draws on an international talent pool -- it's invariably presented as a single troupe that only employs French/French-Canadian performers. (If you're from the Greater Los Angeles (California) area, you can add Circus Vargas to the above list.)

* There have been only two circus companies ever: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (traditional) and CirqueDuSoleil (contemporary). And don't expect depictions of the latter to acknowledge that it is a company that presents [[CirqueDuSoleilIndex a variety of different productions]] and draws on an international talent pool -- it's invariably presented as a single troupe that only employs French/French-Canadian performers.
** If you're from the Greater Los Angeles area, you can add Circus Vargas to the above list.