Numerous countries operate one or more national theatres supported in part by national or federal funds. Founded in 1680, the Comédie-Française in Paris is widely considered to be the world's first national theatre.
- Albania: National Theatre of Albania
- Argentina: Teatro Nacional Cervantes
- Australia:
- National Theatre in St Kilda, Victoria
- National Theatre in Launceston, Tasmania
- Austria: Burgtheater in Vienna
- Bosnia and Herzegovina:
- Sarajevo National Theatre
- Bosnian National Theatre in Zenica
- National Theatre Mostar
- Croatian National Theatre in Mostar
- Brazil:
- Teatro Nacional Cláudio Santoro in BrasÃÂlia
- Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
- Bulgaria: Ivan Vazov National Theatre
- Canada: National Arts Centre of Canada in Ottawa
- Catalonia: Teatre Nacional de Catalunya in Barcelona
- China: National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing
- Costa Rica: Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica
- Croatia: Croatian National Theatres, including
- Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
- Croatian National Theatre in Split
- Croatian National Theatre in Osijek
- Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka
- Croatian National Theatre in VaraÃ
¾din
- Croatian National Theatre in Ã
 ibenik
- Croatian National Theatre in Zadar
- Czech Republic:
- National Theatre in Prague
- National Theatre in Brno
- National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava
- Denmark: Royal Danish Theater
- The Old Stage, Kongens Nytorv
- Copenhagen Opera House
- Royal Danish Playhouse
- Stærekassen
- El Salvador: Teatro Nacional de El Salvador, San Salvador
- Ethiopia: Ethiopian National Theatre, Addis Ababa
- Finland: Finnish National Theatre
- France:
- Comédie-Française
- Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
- Théâtre national de la Colline
- National Theatre of Strasbourg (Théâtre national de Strasbourg)
- Théâtre national de Chaillot
- Théâtre national de l'Opéra Comique
- Germany: The National Theatres in Munich, in Mannheim and in Weimar
- Ghana: National Theatre in Accra
- Greece: National Theatre in Athens and the National Theatre of Northern Greece in Thessaloniki
- Hungary: The National Theatres in Budapest, GyÃ
Âr, Miskolc, Pécs and Szeged
- Iceland: ÃÂjóðleikhúsið (National Theatre), ReykjavÃÂk
- India: National Theatre (Kolkata), Kolkata
- Ireland: The Abbey Theatre, Dublin
- Israel: Habima Theatre, Tel Aviv
- Italy: National Dramatic Theatre, Rome
- Japan:
- National Theatre, Tokyo
- New National Theatre, Tokyo
- National Noh Theatre, Tokyo
- National Bunraku Theatre, Osaka
- National Theater Okinawa, Urasoe
- Kenya: Kenya National Theatre
- Kosovo: National Theatre of Kosovo, Pristina
- Latvia: Latvian National Theatre, Riga
- Malaysia: National Theater in Kuala Lumpur
- Mali: Palais de la Culture Amadou Hampaté Ba
- Malta: Manoel Theatre, Valletta
- Mexico: National Theatre of Mexico, Mexico City
- Moldova:
- BÃÂlÃÂi National Theatre
- ChiÃ
ÂinÃÂu National Theatre, ChiÃ
ÂinÃÂu
- Montenegro: Montenegrin National Theatre, Podgorica
- Netherlands: Het Nationale Theater, The Hague
- Myanmar: National Theatre of Yangon, National Theatre of Mandalay
- Norway: Nationaltheatret (National Theatre) in Oslo
- Nigeria: National Arts Theatre in Lagos
- Philippines: Tanghalang Pambansa (National Theater) in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex, Manila
- Poland: Teatr Narodowy in Warsaw
- Portugal:
- Teatro Nacional D. Maria II in Lisbon
- Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon
- Teatro Nacional São João in Porto
- Republic of Ireland: The National English language Theatre of Ireland in Dublin is more commonly called the Abbey Theatre. The National Irish language Theatre is the Taibhdhearc in Galway.
- Romania:
- National Theatre Bucharest
- Cluj-Napoca National Theatre
- IaÃ
Âi National Theatre
- Serbia:
- National Theatre in Belgrade
- Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad
- Slovakia:
- Slovak National Theatre
- National Theatre KoÃ
¡ice
- Slovenia:
- Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Drama
- Maribor Slovene National Theatre
- Nova Gorica Slovene National Theatre
- Sri Lanka: Navarangahala in Colombo
- Somalia: National Theatre of Somalia in Mogadishu
- South Korea: National Theater of Korea in Seoul
- Spain:
- Centro Dramático Nacional in Madrid
- CompañÃÂa Nacional de Teatro Clásico in Madrid
- Teatre Nacional de Catalunya in Barcelona, Catalonia
- Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid
- Sweden: Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm
- Taiwan:
- National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung
- National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei
- National Taichung Theater, Taichung
- Thailand: National Theatre of Thailand in Bangkok
- Turkey: Turkish State Theatres
- Uganda: National Theatre of Uganda
- United Arab Emirates: National Theater in Abu Dhabi
- United Kingdom:
- England: Royal National Theatre, London
- Scotland: National Theatre of Scotland
- Wales: National Theatre Wales
- :: Theatr Cymru (Welsh Language)
- Uruguay: Sodre National Auditorium
- National Theatre of Venezuela
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