Theatre Definitions Flashcards
Activity or profession of acting, producing, or writing plays
Theatre
A serious drama or other literary works in which conflict between a protagonist and a superior force concludes in disaster
Tragedy
The genre of dramatic literature that deals with the light or the amusing or with the serious and profound in a light, familiar, or satiric manner
Comedy
A drama combining the qualities of tragedy and comedy
Tragicomedy
A genre characterized by stereotyped characters, implausible plots and emphasis on a spectacle
Melodrama
Art compromising a multi-disciplinary, live, theatrical presentation, usually involving the audience
Performance art
The written dialogue an actor/actress uses to bring life the message contained with it
Script
Film, and narrative literature, the structure of the work compromising crises
Plot
Film and literature the aspect of the plot in which introduction of characters
Exposition
The realization of what was foreshadowed has reached fruition or has been revealed
Discovery
The back of a coin- the opposite of what the viewer or reader would have expected to happen
Reversal
The use of light to enhance the three-dimensionality of the human body or the elements of the scenery
Chiaroscuro
Film and literature the leading actor or personage in a play or narrative work
Protagonist
The dominant idea of a work of art,music,film, dance,and literature
Themes
Elaborate costume that takes a given scene and gives the viewer a vivid picture on which to focus
Visual elements
