Premiere

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"Opening night" and "World premiere" redirect here. For other uses, see Opening
Night (disambiguation) and World Premiere (disambiguation).
For other uses, see Premiere (disambiguation).

Film premiere for Flatliners, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, 1990

A premiere or premi�re is the debut (first public presentation) of a play, film,
dance, or musical composition.[1]

A work will often have many premi�res: a world premi�re (the first time it is shown
anywhere in the world) and its first presentation in each country. When a work
originates in a country that speaks a different language from that in which it is
receiving its national or international premi�re, it is possible to have two
premi�res for the same work in the same country�for example, the play The Maids by
the French dramatist Jean Genet received its British premi�re (which also happened
to be its world premi�re) in 1952, in a production given in the French language.
Four years later, it was staged again, this time in English, which was its English-
language premi�re in Britain.

Contents
1 History
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
History
Raymond F. Betts attributes the introduction of the film premiere to showman Sid
Grauman, who founded Grauman's Chinese Theatre.[2]