Theatre Flashcards

1
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la scène; les planches

A

the boards

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un spectacle élaboré, cm une parade, un mariage ou un couronnement… très apprécié par les Elizabethains

A

a pageantru

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3
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bruits de fond

A

noises off

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4
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metteur en scène (interprétaton et acteurs)

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the director

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5
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metteur en scène (décor, props, lumière)

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the stage manager

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6
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un rôle mineur

A

bit parts

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7
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un acteur qui joue plus qu’un seul rôle

A

a doubling

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8
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cothurne

A

buskin / métonymie pour tragedy

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9
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le costume des clowns de la Comedia dell’arte

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a motley

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10
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une action, un son, une lignes qui sert de signal pour qu’un acteur fasse qqc

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a clue

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11
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entrée du psg

A

entrance

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12
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excessively dramatic and emotional acting

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histrionics

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13
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réplique

A

line

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14
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scène d’exposition

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expository scene

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15
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scène de climax

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climactic scene

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16
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scène de transition

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transitory scene

17
Q

scène qui a été prévue

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obligatory scene

18
Q

scène de reconnaissance

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anagnorisis

19
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pièce dans la pièce

A

a play within an play

20
Q

aparté

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aside / stage whisper

21
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a speech delivered in front of the curtain after the end of the play

A

curtain speech

22
Q

un psg qui commente les actions

A

a choral character

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erreur de jugement, defaut du psg

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tragic flaw

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divine punishment

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nemesis / poetic justice

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alternance tension et soulagement
the alternance of tension and release
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la tension est relâchée
tension is loosened
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theâtre dans un fauteuil
closet drama
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Comédie d'erreur
comedy of errors : imbroglios, misunderstandings... eg Twelfth Night
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a foolish man excessively concerned with his appearance and clothes in 17th-century Englan
a fop
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réplique, réponse
reply
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répartie
répartee
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machinal
meacnical
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ripost
retort