Why do people describe large theatres with the word barn? I've heard of airplane hanger too, which makes much more sense. Is a barn supposed to be as big as an airplane hanger.
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I don't know if we will ever get to the bottom of this fascinating question, but I suspect it has something to do with the fact that barns smell and airplane hangars don't.
During the 1700s in England, the touring theatre troupes would perform in 'barn' theatres. They were very simple barn like wooden structures that were commonly attached to an inn. If there was not one of these structures, they would often perform in an actual barn.
Old English bereærn "barn," literally "barley house," from bere "barley" + aern "house," metathesized from *rann, *rasn (source also of Old Norse rann, Gothic razn "house," Old English rest "resting place".
Jed2 said: "During the 1700s in England, the touring theatre troupes would perform in 'barn' theatres. They were very simple barn like wooden structures that were commonly attached to an inn. If there was not one of these structures, they would often perform in an actual barn.
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