theater midterm Flashcards
make up words or actions to cover up mistakes
ad lib
reacting to something before your character has a reason to do so
anticipating
the end of an act or play lights off and curtain close
black out
movement of actors on on stage area
blocking
becoming yourself on stage
breaking character
lines used to signal something
cue
already on stage when play begins
discovered
turning your body so it passes through full frontal position on way to final position
downs stage turn
any action performed with arms or head
gesture
forgetting your lines on stage
going up
giving people time to laugh
holding
character’s reason for doing something
motiviation
studying other people as a source for character’s actions
observation
making sure your performance is seen or heard
projecting
pacing the scene so that there are not long gaps in the scenes dialogue
pick up cues
drawing attention to a particular speech
pointing a line
any activity performed on stage as part of your characterization
stage business
thoughts that underlie the character’s actual words
subtext
saying lines so that it’s stronger than the line before it
topping
causing another actor to turn into a closed position away from audience view
upstaging
earliest form of theater
acting out
what is the abydos passion play
set vs osiris
what did greek drama center around
dionysus
what is another word for goat song
tragedy
what performances involved song and dances by a chorus
dytharambs
what is a festival competition
city dionysia
where did city dionysia take place
athens
what did authors present at city dionysia
three part tragedies
how did the tragedy in city dionysia end
unhappily
what follows the tragedy in city dionysia
satyr
what is the producer of the greek play
choregos
what did the city dionysia winners recieve
laurel wreaths and bragging rights
who created the first actor
thespis of attica
where were greek plays performed
amphitheaters
what were the three acting areas in the amphitheater
orchestra, skene, proskenion
what are three sided structures to provide background settings
periaktos
god from mcahine
deus ex machina
who was the father of greek tragedy
aeschylus
who added a third actor to the stage
sophocles
who wrote of men and psychological motivations
Euripides
who wrote comedies with animal characters
aristophanes
study of formal speaking
elocution
what is an overlay funtion
a secondary function
to control speech in acting one must learn control to breath
respiration
what controls breathing
diaphragm
origin of sound
phonation
bronchial tubes, trachea, larynx are parts of …
voice box
loudness or volume of sound
strength
what is determined by the speed of vibration of vocal cords
pitch
spaces used in speech
time
creating a specific effect in speech
quality
what is the old fashioned term for craftsman
wright
who writes the script of the play
playwright
what is the blueprint of the play
script
small set pieces and any handheld items
props
what has to do with where actors move ons tage
stage blocking
what is used for names of characters
ALL CAPS
what follows the name
colon
italics are used for what
stage directions
are stage directions to be read aloud?
no
what is used to write dialogue
standard type
what are the four basic elements to any drama
plot, setting, character, theme
story of the play
plot
suggested by dialogue and scenery
setting
what the play is about
theme
whats the difference between theme and plot
plot are events and theme is what play is about
persons portrayed by actors
character
focuses on character and theme than plot
drama
plot is important and characters are sterotypes
melodrama
character and plot important and emphasis on character emotions
sentimental drama
low comedy using slapstick
farce
high comedy emphasis on clever dialogue
comedy of manners
high comedy poking fun at currency social customs
satire
familiar type if recreated in comic way
parody
meaningless of life
theater of absurd
songs and dance used to move story along
musical
particular way of constructing or executing a play
style
represented as how they should be
realism
exaggerated imagery
expressionism
imitation of greek or roman
clasiccism
perfectibility of man and simpler days
romanticism
no attempt to hide fact its fake
theatricalism
who highly influenced roman theater
etruscan
earliest record of roman theater
iudi romani
who did roman theater borrow from
greeks
song between each act
choral ode
speech revealing inner thoughts to audience
soliloquy
speaking directly to audience
aside
only roman tragedy playwright with works to have survived
seneca
true or false roman comedies were divided into acts or scenes and used a chorus
false
which roman playwright used songs and slapstick
plautus
which roman playwright focused on complex plots and more elegant language
terrence
what were short unscipted plays with stereotypes
farce
roman unspoken story telling using dance and music
pantomime
true or false Romans didn’t depict violence
false
which roman structure was circular
colosseum
what roman structure had an oval shape
circus maximus
roman actors
histriones
specializing in one type of drama over another
exaggerated movement
repeats of famous speeches
encores
Breaking sound into meaningful units
Articulation
