Theatre Flashcards
The activity or profession of acting in, producing,directing,or writing plays.
Theatre
A serious drama or other literary work in which conflict between a protagonist and a superior force concludes in disaster for the protagonist
Tragedy
The genre of dramatic literature that deals with they light or the amusing or with serious and profound in light ,familiar,or satiric manner
Comedy
A drama combining tragedy and comedy
Tragicomedy
In theatre,a genre characterized by stereotyped characters implausible plots ,and emphasis on spectacle
Melodrama
A genre of art composing a multi-disciplinary, live, theatrical presentation, usually involving the audience. Typically involves non-theatre artist and non-theatre environment
Performance Art
The written dialogue an actor/actress uses to bring to life the message contained within it
Script
In theatre, film, and narrative literature, the structure of the work compromising crisis, climax, exposition, complication, and denouement, foreshadowing , discovery, and reversal
Plot
The aspect of plot in which necessary background info, introduction of characters, current situation are detailed
Exposition
The back of a coin, the opposite of what the protagonist expects to happen
Reversal
Person in a novel,play or movie
Character
The use of light to enhance the 3-dimensionality of the human body or elements of the scenery
Chiaroscuro
The leading actor or personage in a play or narrative work-that is, the major character around whose decisions and actions the plot revolves
protagonist
The dominant idea of a work of art,music ,film,dance, and literature.
Themes
A distinguishing scene piece of scenery or elaborate costumes that takes a given scene and gives the viewer a vivid picture on what to focus
Visual elements
