A first gold premiere is the debut (first public presentation) of a play , movie , dance , or musical composition . [1]
A work will often have many premieres: a world premiere and the first presentation in each country. When a work is done in a country that speaks different languages, it is possible to have two first ones for the same work in the same country-for example, the play The Maids by the French dramatist Jean Genet received his first British (which also happened to be its world premiere) in 1952, in a production given in French language. Four years later, it was staged again, this time in English, which was its English-language first in Britain.
Etymology
Raymond F. Betts attributes the introduction of the film premiere to showman Sid Grauman , who founded Grauman’s Chinese Theater . [2]
See also
- Season first
- Festival film
- Release film
- Television pilot
References
- Jump up^ “Premiere” . WordNet (3.0 Online ed.). Princeton University . Retrieved 11 June 2010 .
- Jump up^ Betts, Raymond F. (2004). A History of Popular Culture: More of Everything, Faster, and Brighter . New York & London: Routledge . p. 12. ISBN 0-415-22128-5 .
