People in the theatre (part 1)
Across
- 1. an actor who performs badly, especially by exaggerating emotions
- 3. all the people who act in a play or film
- 8. a person who performs on the stage, on television or in films/movies as a profession
- 12. a group of performers who sing and dance in a musical show
- 13. a person or company that makes costumes or has costumes to hire, especially for the theatre
- 14. a person who writes plays for the theatre, television or radio
- 15. (2 words) a person who works in television, the theatre, etc. and whose job is to control and take care of the lights
- 16. a person whose job is to take care of an actor’s clothes for a play and help him/her to get dressed
- 17. the group of people who have gathered to watch or listen to something, eg. a play, concert
- 18. a man, often in uniform, whose job is to stand at the entrance to a large building such as a hotel or a theatre, and open the door for visitors, find them taxis, etc.
Down
- 2. director the person in charge of deciding which plays, operas, etc. a theatre company will perform, and the general artistic policy of the company
- 4. a woman who performs on the stage, on television or in films/movies as a profession
- 5. a person in charge of a film or play who tells the actors and staff what to do
- 6. (2 words) an actor who is in charge of a theatre company and acts in the plays that they perform as a star; particularly common in 19th-century England and the United States
- 7. actor an actor who always takes the parts of interesting or unusual people
- 9. (2 words) the actress with the main female part in a play or film or also an actress who is typecast in romantic supporting roles (Katharine Hepburn with Spencer Tracy)
- 10. (2 words) the actor with the main male part in a play or film
- 11. one of two or more famous actors who appear together in a film or play
- 19. a person whose job is to arrange work for an actor