Theatre Flashcards
(30 cards)
a literary composition performed onstage
Drama
the written text of a play
Script
exercises performed to prepare an actor’s voice and body for class, rehearsal, or performance
Warm-ups
a speech given onstage by one actor
Monologue
the nervous anticipation of going onstage
Stage Fright
a play that presents its characters in a humorous way
Comedy
a play that deals with a serious situation in a serious way
Tragedy
a group of 15-50 men who explained the action of the play by singing or chanting in unison
Chorus
a dramatist who writes plays
Playwright
A set of three plays
Trilogy
the areas of the stage furthest from the audience
Upstage
the areas of the stage closest to the audience
Downstage
the middle of the stage
Center Stage
the areas of the stage to the actor’s left when facing the audience
Stage Left
the areas of the stage to the actor’s right when facing the audience
Stage Right
type of theater that has an arch to frame the stage and a curtain to separate the stage from the audience
Proscenium
a performance space that has audience seating on three sides
Thrust Stage
a performance space that has audience seating on all four sides
Arena Stage
the place where Shakespeare performed the majority of his plays
The Globe
a platform on wheels
Wagon
a person who composed or recited poems with music
Bard
a lone speech in drama with disclosure of innermost thoughts
Soliloquy
a poem of 14 lines expressive of a single idea
Sonnet
something that stands for something else
Symbolism
