: a theater stage surrounded or nearly surrounded by the audience ; specifically : the stage of an arena theater
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arena stage noun
A stage which can have an audience all round it (see ↑theatre-in-the-round under ↑theatre)
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Main Entry: ↑arena
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arena theater or arena stage,
= theater-in-the-round. (Cf. ↑theater-in-the-round)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.