Work by Schiller perhaps staged in ancient theatre (5)
I believe the answer is:
odeon
'staged in ancient theatre' is the definition.
'odeon' can be an answer for 'theatre' (in ancient Greece). I am unsure of the 'staged in ancient' bit.
'work by schiller' is the wordplay.
'work' becomes 'ode' (I've seen this before).
'by schiller' becomes 'on' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ode'+'on'='ODEON'
'perhaps' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for odeon that I've seen before include "Hal" , "classical theatre" , "Ancient theatre - modern cinema" , "old theatre" , "Greek music theatre" .)