Person who is holy and ancient presented in the theatre (6)
I believe the answer is:
staged
'person who is holy and ancient presented' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech.
'theatre' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'theatre' could be 'stage' (stage is a kind of theatre) and 'stage' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'd' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'in the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for staged that I've seen before include "(Of play/opera) mounted" , "Organised (a performance)" , "Mounted (a play)" , "Put on play or other performance" , "Orchestrated" .)