Several countries have one or more national theatres. This component in the name of a theatre indicates that the funding is not only a concern of private investors or the local city, but of the national or federal budget. The Comédie-Française in Paris, founded in 1680, 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, Melbourne.
Austria: Burgtheater in Vienna
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo National Theatre
Brazil:
Teatro Nacional Cláudio Santoro in Brasília
Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
Bulgaria: Ivan Vazov National Theatre
Canada: National Arts Centre of Canada in Ottawa
People's Republic of China: The National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing
Republic of China: The National Theatre in Taipei City
Costa Rica: Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica
Croatia: National Theatres, including
Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
Croatian National Theatre in Split
Croatian National Theatre in Osijek
Croatian National Theatre in Mostar
Czech Republic: The National Theatre in Prague, The National Theatre in Brno, Moravian-Silesian National Theatre
El Salvador: Teatro Nacional de El Salvador, San Salvador
Ethiopia: Ethiopian National Theatre, Addis Ababa
Finland: Finnish National Theatre
France: Comédie-Française
Germany: The National Theatres in Munich, in Mannheim and in Weimar
Ghana: The National Theatre in Accra
Greece: The National Theatre in Athens and the National Theatre of Northern Greece in Thessaloniki
Hungary: The National Theatres in Budapest, Győr, Miskolc, Pécs and Szeged
Iceland: Þjóðleikhúsið (National Theatre), Reykjavík
India: National Theatre (Kolkata), Kolkata, India
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
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:
Bălți National Theatre
Chişinău National Theatre, Chişinău
Norway: Nationaltheatret (National Theatre) in Oslo
Philippines: Tanghalang Pambansa (National Theater) (in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex) in Manila
Poland: The Teatr Narodowy in Warsaw
Portugal:
The Teatro Nacional D. Maria II in Lisbon
The Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon
The Teatro Nacional São João in Oporto
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
Iaşi National Theatre
Serbia: National Theatre in Belgrade and the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad
Slovakia: Slovak National Theatre
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:
Castile: Teatro Nacional María Guerrero, Madrid
Catalonia: National Theatre of Catalonia, Barcelona
Sweden: Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm
Thailand: National Theatre of Thailand in Bangkok
Turkey: Turkish State Theatres
Uganda: National Theatre of Uganda
United Arab Emirates: The National Theater in Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom:
The Royal National Theatre or The National Theatre on London's South Bank
Scotland: The National Theatre of Scotland
Wales: National Theatre Wales, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru (Welsh Language)
United States: The National Theatre of the Deaf in Connecticut
National Theatre of Venezuela
