Basic Theatre Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. clothing worn by the actors in the play
  2. 7. environment of the play; scenery and furniture
  3. 10. the play in written form
  4. 12. part/character/person written by a playwright
  5. 13. the art of evaluating or analyzing the play
  6. 16. Information implied by character not stated
  7. 19. the words spoken by the actors during a play
  8. 20. selecting which actors will play which roles
  9. 21. scene or play without words
  10. 22. lines spoken by just one person
Down
  1. 1. word choices made by the playwright
  2. 2. individual in charge of all aspects of production
  3. 3. objects used by characters on stage during a play
  4. 5. signal that indicates something else is to happen
  5. 6. impromptu acting
  6. 7. area where the actors perform the play
  7. 8. what the play means as opposed to what happens
  8. 9. visual elements of the production of a play
  9. 10. speech in which an actor speaks their thoughts
  10. 11. the individual who writes a play
  11. 14. actors reading the script for the first time
  12. 15. preparing a play for performance
  13. 17. silent and motionless depiction of a scene
  14. 18. the pattern of movement actors follow on stage