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- 4. Established characters, such as young lovers, neighborhood busybodies, sneaky villains, and overprotective fathers, who are immediately recognizable by an audience
- 5. A person who writes plays
- 10. A group of theatrical artists working together to create a theatrical production
- 12. The highness or lowness of the voice
- 15. The written text of a play
- 16. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
- 18. The main character of a play and the character with whom the audience identifies most strongly
- 20. The printed words, including dialogue and the stage directions for a script
- 21. A character's reason for doing or saying things in a play
- 24. Theatrical events in honor of the god Dionysus that occurred in Ancient Greece and included play competitions and a chorus of masked actors. improvisation. A spontaneous style of theatre in which scenes are created without advance rehearsing or scripting.
- 25. The art and technique of bringing the elements of theatre together to make a play
- 27. The critical elements of a production, such as acting, direction, lighting, costuming, sets, and makeup
- 28. The stage area toward the audience
- 30. The middle part of a plot consisting of complications and discoveries that create conflict.
- 32. A reading of a script done by actors who have not previously reviewed the play
- 36. The left side of the stage from the perspective of an actor facing the audience
- 37. The right side of the stage from the perspective of an actor facing the audience
- 38. A comedy with exaggerated characterizations, abundant physical or visual humor, and, often, an improbable plot
- 39. The orientation of the actor to the audience
- 42. A silent and motionless depiction of a scene created by actors, often from a picture The plural is tableaux.
- 43. A dramatic form popular in the 1800s and characterized by an emphasis on plot and physical action (versus characterization), cliff-hanging events, heart-tugging emotional appeals, the celebration of virtue, and a strongly moralistic tone
- 45. Literally, kind or type. In literary and dramatic studies, genre refers to the main types of literary form, principally tragedy and comedy. The term can also refer to forms that are more specific to a given historical era, such as the revenge tragedy, or to more specific subgenres of tragedy and comedy, such as the comedy of manners.
- 46. A spontaneous style of theatre in which scenes are created without advance rehearsing or scripting
- 47. Coverings worn over the face or part of the face of an actor to emphasize or neutralize facial characteristics
- 48. A person who provides specific in-depth knowledge and literary resources to a director, producer, theatre company, or even the audience.
- 49. The center of the acting area
- 50. Acting without words through facial expression, gesture, and movement
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- 1. Information that is implied by a character but not stated by a character in dialogue, including actions and thoughts
- 2. The backstage technical crew responsible for running the show. In small theatre companies the same persons build the set and handle the load-in. Then, during performances, they change the scenery and handle the curtain
- 3. The placement and delivery of volume, clarity, and distinctness of voice for communicating to an audience.
- 6. A rehearsal moving from start to finish without stopping for corrections or notes
- 7. The pronunciation of words, the choice of words, and the manner in which a person expresses himself or herself.
- 8. The conversation between actors on stage
- 9. The development and portrayal of a personality through thought, action, dialogue, costuming, and makeup
- 11. The interrelated conditions in which a play exists or occurs.
- 13. The opposition of persons or forces giving rise to dramatic action in a play
- 14. The enlarged hole cut through a wall to allow the audience to view the stage. It is also called the proscenium arch. The archway is in a sense the frame for the action on the stage
- 17. One of the traditional forms of Japanese theatre, originating in the 1600s and combining stylized acting, costumes, makeup, and musical accompaniment
- 19. Opinions and comments based on predetermined criteria that may be used for self-evaluation or the evaluation of the actors or the production itself
- 22. A performance created by actors reading script rather working from memory
- 23. The characteristics of a voice, such as shrill, nasal, raspy, breathy, booming, and so forth
- 26. A professional form of theatrical improvisation featuring stock characters and standardized plots
- 27. Almost anything brought to life by human hands to create a performance. Types of puppets include rod, hand, and marionette
- 29. Memories of sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures It is used to help define a character in a certain situation
- 31. A long speech by a single character.
- 33. The tempo of an entire theatrical performance
- 34. The creative process of developing and executing functional designs in a production
- 35. The purification or purgation of the emotions (as pity and fear) caused in a tragedy
- 40. A signal, either verbal or physical, that indicates something else, such as a line of dialogue or an entrance, is to happen
- 41. Used as a noun, the stage area away from the audience; used as a verb, to steal the focus of a scene
- 44. See center stage, downstage, stage left, stage right, and upstage