Use of theatre , play , performance, act
Does it make sense ?
I went to see classical theatre to Merida theatre. I saw actors acting a performance. I saw actors performing at the theatre .
They acted very well.they did a great performance.
I hope some are right.
Thanks
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Answers · 2
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Hey! I would word it as follows :
I went to see "classical theatre" at the Merida Theatre.
I saw actors performing at the theatre .
Their performance was great.
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"I went to see classical theatre to Merida theatre"
- replace the 'to' with 'at'.
- when you see something at a theatre you would say I went to see a 'play' or 'performance' instead of 'theatre'.
- so in summary: "I went to see a classical play at Merida theatre."
" I saw actors acting a performance"
- 'actors acting' isn't technically wrong but doesn't sound right, it would be better to say 'actors performing'
- replace 'performance' with 'play' because 'actors performing a performance' would also sound awkward
- in summary: "I saw actors performing a play"
"I saw actors performing at the theatre"
- this is fine
"They acted very well"
- this is fine, though you might prefer to say "they performed very well"
"they did a great performance"
- this doesn't sound right, because its not correct to say they 'did' a performance, you would say they 'put on' a performance
- so you would say "they put on a great performance"
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