- National theatre
Several countries have one or more national theatres. This component in the name of a theatre indicates that the funding is not only a concern of private investors or the local city, but of the national or federal budget. The
Comédie-Française inParis , founded in 1680, is widely considered to be the world's first national theatre.*
Argentina :Teatro Nacional Cervantes
*Australia : National Theatre in St Kilda,Melbourne .
*Bulgaria :Ivan Vazov National Theatre
*People's Republic of China : The National Centre for the Performing Arts inBeijing
*Republic of China : The National Theatre inTaipei City
*Costa Rica :Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica
*Croatia : The National Theatre inZagreb
*Czech Republic : The National Theatre inPrague , The National Theatre inBrno ,Moravian-Silesian National Theatre
*Finland :Finnish National Theatre
*France :Comédie-Française
*Germany : The National Theatres in Munich in Mannheim and Weimar
*Ghana : The National Theatre inAccra
*Greece : The National Theatre inAthens and theNorthern Greece State Theatre inThessaloniki
*Hungary : The National Theatres in Budapest, Győr, Miskolc, Pécs and Szeged
*Ireland : The National Theatre of Ireland is more commonly called theAbbey Theatre
*Israel :Habima Theater ,Tel Aviv
*Japan : National Theatre,Tokyo ;New National Theatre ,Tokyo ;National Theater Okinawa , Urasoe
*Kenya :Kenya National Theatre
*Latvia :The Latvian National Theatre ,Riga
*Malaysia : National Theater inKuala Lumpur
*Mali :Palais de la Culture Amadou Hampaté Ba
*Mexico :National Theatre of Mexico ,Mexico City
*Norway : TheNationaltheatret (National Theatre) inOslo
*Philippines : TheCultural Center of the Philippines inManila
*Poland : TheTeatr Narodowy inWarsaw
*Portugal :
** TheTeatro Nacional D. Maria II inLisbon
** TheTeatro Nacional de São Carlos inLisbon
** TheTeatro Nacional São João inOporto
*Romania : The National Theatres of Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Constanţa, Craiova,Iaşi , Târgu Mureş and Timişoara
*Serbia :National Theatre in Belgrade and theSerbian National Theatre inNovi Sad
*Slovakia :Slovak National Theatre
*Sri Lanka :Navarangahala inColombo
*Spain
**Castile:Teatro Nacional María Guerrero ,Madrid
**Catalonia :National Theatre of Catalonia ,Barcelona
*Sweden :Royal Dramatic Theatre ,Stockholm
*Thailand :National Theatre of Thailand inBangkok
*Turkey :Turkish State Theatres
*Uganda :National Theatre of Uganda
*United Arab Emirates : The National Theater inAbu Dhabi
*United Kingdom
**England : TheRoyal National Theatre or The National Theatre onLondon 'sSouth Bank
**Scotland : TheNational Theatre of Scotland ,Glasgow
**Wales : TheWales Millennium Centre ,Cardiff
*United States : TheNational Theatre of the Deaf inConnecticut Not national theatres
Some theatres carry "national theatre" in their name without being governmentally funded national theatres:
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Sweden :Nationalteatern
*United States : The National Theatre inWashington, D.C.
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