Across
- 1. The person who is the leader or in charge of the play
- 3. A long speech by one actor
- 4. A change in pitch or tone of voice
- 6. The hero in a plot or story
- 8. The person who writes the plays, another word for "author"
- 9. The villain in a plot or story
- 11. The correct way in which you view a play
- 15. To perform on a stage (the action)
- 17. Born out of Commedia del' Arte, acting without a script
- 19. An actor must do this to be heard onstage
- 20. Playwright who wrote Romeo And Juliet.
- 22. The audience of a theatre, another name for "audience"
- 23. The art form of telling a story without words, solely with the body
- 25. The general term for the place or building where plays are presented
- 26. The first actor
- 27. What an actor carries onstage
Down
- 2. The verse in which Shakespeare wrote his plays
- 5. The lines spoken by two or more actors onstage
- 7. Where an actor is directed to or moves onstage
- 10. Actors read from this, eventually memorize it, and perform it onstage
- 12. A dramatic play, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme
- 13. A person in a play or story
- 14. The person who wrote Medea (not Tyler Perry)
- 16. The stage used in Greek theater. It was carved out of the hillsides.
- 18. A movement of part of the body to express an idea or meaning.
- 21. Where a play takes place (in the story)
- 24. Actors must do this to get into a play. It is like an interview, where you show them what you've got