Quiz J (10) Flashcards
Jury
A first night audience. A slang expression.
Night Jury
Juvenile
Player of youthful male parts, up to the age of 25.
Youthful
Keeper or S-hook
Strap iron shaped into a double hook. One side of the hook is placed over a toggle bar and a stiffening batten is placed in the other side of the hook, Used in bracing scenery.
Strap irion shaped (SiS)
Toggle hook
Brace keeper
Keystone
A piece of 1/4” plywood 8’’ long, tapered from 4’’ wide at one end to 2 3/4’'’at the other. Used for joining butt joints between stiles and toggle bars.
1/4’’
plywood
joining butts
Kill
To eliminate a piece of scenery or property from a set.
elimination
Knockout
A sure-fire hit
Knockout hit
Lean line
A length of 1/2’’ sash cord used to lace two flats together.
Lean sash cord
Lash-line cleat
Metal cleats attached to the inner edges of flat stiled to engage the lashline when flats are to be joined by lashing.
INNER
attached to the inner edges
Leash-Line Eye
A metal cleat fitted with a ring at one end and drills to receive a screw on the other. Provides a method of attaching a lash line to a flat. Line is passed through the ring and knotted.
fitted with a ring
lash line flat
ring and knotted
Lash-Line Hook
A strap of metal drilled to receive two screws and, with a hook formed at one end. Used as a substitute for standard lash cleats when the latter cannot be used.
Drilled to receive two screws
Sub for lash cleats
left wing drama
A play of social consciousness.
Social left
Lengthwise batten
The outside framing members that extend the full length of either a roll or a book ceiling.
BOOKWISE
roll book ceiling
Levels
Acting area placed higher than stage level
stage levels
Lift Jack
A device used for shifting scenery. A lever lifts the weight of the scenery onto castors so that it can be rolled.
shifting scenery
lever lifts
Light bridge
A metal framework about 2’ wide, located upstage from the proscenium arch and extending a few feet past the limits of the arch on each side. It is suspended from the counter-weight system so that it can be raised and lowered. On it are mounted spotlights and other lighting equipment.
Metal framework 2’ wide
Spotlights
Linen canvas
The best, and most, expensive, material for covering flat frames,
Coverig flst frames
Line of business
Type of roles in which an actor may specialize.
Business roles
Lines
Speeches in a play
Loading platform
A metal gallery supported by the grid. It provides a working platform where counterweights can be loaded into the arbors.
Metal gallery
Locking rail
A metal framework bolted to the wall and floor along one side wall of the stage house. On it are the rope locks of the counterweight system.
Bolted to the wall
locking counterweight
Loft block
A single grooved wheel mounted in a metal housing and bolted to the grid. Over these wheels runs the ropes or cables of the flying system.
Single grooved
flying system
Marquisette
A sheer, somewhat lustrous, cotton netting.
sette=netting
Mask
To conceal from the view of the audience any part of the stage not meant to be seen.
conceal dont feel
dont let it showwwwww~
Masking
Placing either framed or unframed scenery in a position to prevent the audience from seeing the backstage area.
Hiding the backstage
Masque
Early dramatic presentation of mythology.
Mythology
