Quiz K (11)

Question 1

Mechenical advantage

Answer 1

Increasing an applied force by mechanical means, as thorugh the use of a block and tackle or a winch.

Question 2

Mechenical drawing

Answer 2

A type of drawing made with the aid of instruments, generally made to scale

Question 3

Melodrama

Answer 3

A play stressing suspense and external incident for their

Question 4

Merry-go-round

Answer 4

Proder(s) stalling off an actor.

Question 5

Milk it dry

Answer 5

To squeeze the utmost laughs out of a line or situation.

Question 6

Mime

Answer 6

Form of drama popular among thee acients

Question 7

Monologue

Answer 7

Protracted speech by one person.

Question 8

Move on

Answer 8

The move toward center stage fromright to left, in roughlythe same manner. In the opposite direction one is said to move off.

Question 9

Muelin

Answer 9

Hearyweight unbleched cotton material used for covering flat frames or in the constrruction of drops when economyis a prime requisute.

Question 10

Notices

Answer 10

Review, clipping, dramatic criticism.

Question 11

Offstage

Answer 11

Outside the playing space. In any position within the playing space, the actor is said to be onsttage,

Question 12

Open

Answer 12

Usuallly, to turn or to play more directly toward the audience.

Question 13

Operating line

Answer 13

The rope used to raise and lower the arbor of the counterweight system. The rope used to open or close different tyoes if curtains, such as the draw, tab or roller curtains,

Question 14

Out front

Answer 14

Area occupied by the audiend

Question 15

Outrigger

Answer 15

A skeletal platform of irregulor shaoe mounted on castors with scenery attached to one of its faces.

Question 16

Overlap

Answer 16

To speak or move before previous speeches or movements are completed.

Question 17

Overplay

Answer 17

To give dialouge, movement of scences exaggerated emphasis or punch.

To be extra

Question 18

Pace

Answer 18

Timing of lines and actions

Question 19

Packing the house

Answer 19

Fillinf a theater for preformances.

Question 20

Paint pallet, rolling

Answer 20

A metal-topped rolling work table on whcih sa=mall quantites of paint are mixed.

Question 21

Panning

Answer 21

Unfavorable reviews.

Question 22

Paper

Answer 22

General free admission into a theater, as a papered house.

Question 23

Pareleil, coninental

Answer 23

A folding platform with a removable top and inside supporting frames. When folded the outside frames form a compact unit.

Question 24

Parellel, standard

Answer 24

A folding platform with a removable top. Thefolded upporting frames of this parallel are awkard to handle.

Question 25

Peanut gallery

Answer 25

Top gallery, containing the cheapest seats.