A repertory is a company that keeps a set of plays ready to perform. A repertory company, in repertory, the local repertory theatre.
The system rotates several productions rather than running one until it closes, which is why actors trained in repertory could play anything. British regional theatre was built on it, and it is where most well-known actors began.
1nounrepertoryA company that keeps a set of plays ready to perform.
“She spent her early career in repertory, playing a different role every week.”
repertory is a company.
Latin repertorium means an inventory; repertoire is a doublet of the same word.
Latin
repertōrium
English, today
repertory
Latin repertōrium. a doublet of repertoire.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA