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Theatre Flashcards

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a literary composition performed onstage

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Drama

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the written text of a play

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Script

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exercises performed to prepare an actor’s voice and body for class, rehearsal, or performance

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Warm-ups

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4
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a speech given onstage by one actor

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Monologue

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5
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the nervous anticipation of going onstage

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Stage Fright

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a play that presents its characters in a humorous way

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Comedy

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a play that deals with a serious situation in a serious way

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Tragedy

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a group of 15-50 men who explained the action of the play by singing or chanting in unison

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Chorus

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9
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a dramatist who writes plays

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Playwright

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10
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A set of three plays

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Trilogy

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11
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the areas of the stage furthest from the audience

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Upstage

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12
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the areas of the stage closest to the audience

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Downstage

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13
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the middle of the stage

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Center Stage

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the areas of the stage to the actor’s left when facing the audience

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Stage Left

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the areas of the stage to the actor’s right when facing the audience

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Stage Right

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16
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type of theater that has an arch to frame the stage and a curtain to separate the stage from the audience

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Proscenium

17
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a performance space that has audience seating on three sides

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Thrust Stage

18
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a performance space that has audience seating on all four sides

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Arena Stage

19
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the place where Shakespeare performed the majority of his plays

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The Globe

20
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a platform on wheels

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Wagon

21
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a person who composed or recited poems with music

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Bard

22
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a lone speech in drama with disclosure of innermost thoughts

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Soliloquy

23
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a poem of 14 lines expressive of a single idea

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Sonnet

24
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something that stands for something else

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Symbolism

25
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audience members who stood in the pit at The Globe Theatre

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Groundlings

26
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the person who oversees the entire process of staging a production

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Director

27
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the director’s liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances

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Stage Manager

28
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the Stage Actor’s Union

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Equity

29
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a bulletin board backstage with information about the production on it

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Call Board

30
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when the cast bows at the end of the performance

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Curtain Call

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