Vocabulary Game Part 1

1. a contrivance located in the flies for suspending scenery
6. why the character acts
7. interiorly the imaginary side of the room toward the audience
8. the rate an actor speaks or performs their actions
9. the wall dividing the stage from the auditorium
11. a derogatory term for exaggerated facial expressions
13. to play more than one role in a single play
16. the arrangement of everything also a diagram showing the arrangements
17. an uninterrupted rehearsal
18. the arched opening in the proscenium wall
21. line, the imaginary line across the stage floor that the front curtain touches when closed
22. a theatrical presentation in which the stress is on the performance of the group
23. a small nonspeaking part

2. spontaneous invention of lines and business by performers
3. the canvas covered frames that constitute the walls of a stage setting
4. the lines spoken by the characters in a play
5. a curtain closing the proscenium opening
10. performing an action without an intention
12. a room close to the stage which the actors may await entrance cues
14. to leave the stage an opening in the setting through which actors may leave
15. any unchangeable fact that affects the playing of the scene
19. the actor's real reason for performing an action
20. a direction given by the stage manager for the beginning of an act