Acting 1 - test

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Across
  1. 1. person who is onstage to provide atmosphere and background and who may speak only with a group
  2. 4. signal (line, piece of business) to an actor or stage technician that the next line or stage function is to occur
  3. 6. 1. Contract for a production; 2. Refers to the story and dialogue in a musical or opera
  4. 8. a dancer
  5. 9. controlling the audience’s attention
  6. 13. when an actor begins to speak his lines before another actor finishes his cue phrase
  7. 14. (2 WORDS) open air theatre.
  8. 16. (3 WORDS) originally, a theatrical device in the ancient Greet theatre where a god would appear above the scenery at the end of the play and resolve all the conflicts. Now, any event happening late in the show that, somewhat miraculously, resolves everybody's problems
  9. 18. to ad lib or invent dialogue not in the script
  10. 19. place backstage in a theatre where company rules, announcements, notes, and messages are posted
  11. 21. 1) to play more than one role in a production; 2) one who resembles a member of the cast and takes his/her place in scenes needing special skills
Down
  1. 2. the incidents of a play as expressed through the dialogue and movement of the characters.
  2. 3. (2 WORDS) to forget one’s lines while on stage
  3. 5. sense of ‘family’ unity developed by a group of performers during the course of a play; the willingness of actors to subordinate themselves to the production as a whole
  4. 6. 1. Flats placed behind doors, windows, hallways, etc., to hide the space beyond 2. The financing of a show
  5. 7. down right centre (stage position)
  6. 9. the final number, usually in a musical show
  7. 10. way by which an author can register the ownership of literary or musical property
  8. 11. (2 WORDS) a fast cue pickup cutting in on another character’s line
  9. 12. (2 WORDS) the front of main curtain on a proscenium stage directly behind the grand drapery.
  10. 15. a line delivered to get a laugh
  11. 17. someone who provides financial support to a company or production.
  12. 19. (2 WORDS) scenery cut out of board or fabric representing profiles of trees, buildings, etc.
  13. 20. rehearsal final rehearsal in which all visual elements of production, including costumes, are used
  14. 22. stage direction meaning downstage