Theatre/theater?

[Lycidas at worldnet.att.net]

Makes perfect sense to me. Valuable clues for whoever's
listening. 
Great irony here, theatre belongs to Them, perhaps its all
theater, though the history they have invented for
themselves conditions us to expect theatre, A-and GE too.
Only Enzian could think this, or a self-conscious narrator,
but Enzian is haunted by the actor impersonating a leader on
the Rilkean stage of Their theatre.

Thus play I in one person many people, And none contented. 

King Richard II Act V * Scene V
  



Thomas Colin wrote:
> 
>    Instead of arguing who is the best writer of the last century (I have
> absolutely no idea, and don't think I really care) I have a question...
> perhaps a very stupid one... anyhow close to monomania...
>    There are, if I counted well, 7 occurrences of the word "theatre" in GR.
> All are in the British spelling except one (on p326). Does this make any
> sense? Anyone has an interpretation for this? Could be also that it's a typo
> but ah! it would be so much better, so much more puzzling if it wasn't! It
> seems strange to me since on p326, the voice is apparently Enzian's, who
> doesn't speak American English. Or are there differences in meaning between
> the two spellings, when referring to drama or the thatre as building?
>    Until now, I just don't know...
>    A bientot,
>    T.
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