traveling player
Wandering stage actor
A traveling player is an actor or performer who moves from place to place rather than belonging to a fixed theater company.
The term evokes itinerant troupes of earlier centuries who performed at fairs, inns, and noble houses: A band of traveling players arrived to stage a comedy for the duke.
The phrase appears most often in historical or theatrical contexts.
- itinerantMoving for work
- on the roadJourneying by vehicle
- troupeTraveling group of performers
- theater troupeOrganized band of actors
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
wanderer · performer · street performer · nomad · actor · medicine show · caravan · stage · vagabond · busker · gypsy · road · circuit · one night stand · tent · showman · juggler · song and dance
- medieval entertainersjester, minstrel, jongleur, troubadour, juggler
- Street Performersbusker, street performer, street singer, street dancer, juggler