<p>glassharmonica, wonderful article and thanks for sharing it. I had used the spelling theatre throughout my own HS and college (theatre major!) because I enjoyed the pretension. heh. Then came to my senses and turned to theater in my more sane adult years. But now, S2 is a student at USC’s School of Theatre. Hmm. So I was just getting the hang of tre once again, when, lo and behold–they up and change the name of the school to: School of Dramatic Arts. Hunh.</p>