Vocabulary 3 Crosswords

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Across
  1. 1. a character who actively opposes another character (usually the protagonist)
  2. 5. to improvise stage business or conversation
  3. 6. the main character or one of the more prominent figures in a play
  4. 11. a division of a play – comparable to a chapter in a book
  5. 12. a division of an act – may or may not be labeled
  6. 13. create and perform spontaneously or without preparation
  7. 14. the written text of a play
  8. 15. the last words, action, or technical effect that immediately proceeds any line or business; a stage signal
  9. 17. to commit to memory
  10. 18. the stage representation of a story or action
Down
  1. 2. where and when the play takes place
  2. 3. one of the people in a play (not the actor)
  3. 4. The words that an actor memorizes from a script to say during a play. These words are also known as dialogue or speech
  4. 6. the movement or sweep of the play as it progresses
  5. 7. The main idea of the play
  6. 8. the execution of a line or piece of business at any specific moment to achieve the most telling effect
  7. 9. Serious
  8. 10. half-sheet pages of a script which contain the lines, cues, and business for one character
  9. 12. the scenery for an act or a scene
  10. 15. Humorous
  11. 16. restating in the dialogue (lines) in your own words