Theatre Roles And Terminology

Question 1

Apron

Answer 1

Area of the stage nearest to audience - projects in front of the curtain

Question 2

Archetypal

Answer 2

Typical example of somebody/ something

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Beehive

Answer 3

Hairstyle popular in 50s and 60s where hair was back combed into high cone shape

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Bower

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An enclosed shady place under branches of the trees

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Clapboards

Answer 5

Wooden boards used to cover outside of buildings

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Covering

Answer 6

Learning lines and movements for a role you do not usually perform

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Cross-cutting

Answer 7

Alternating between two different scenes

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Dirndl

Answer 8

Dress or a skirt seen in traditional Austrian or Bavarian outfits - waist to knee length

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Episodic

Answer 9

Series of loosely connected scenes

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Fade

Answer 10

In lighting or sound getting light to dark or quiet to loud

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Flat

Answer 11

A piece of scenery mounted on a frame

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Fly space

Answer 12

Area above stage where scenery stored and lowered on stage

Question 13

Front of house

Answer 13

Ushers and others who deal with audience

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Fresnel

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Common stage lantern providing soft edged beam of light

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Gel

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Coloured transparencies used to create different coloured lighting

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Gobos

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Metal cut outs used to project patterns

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Harris tweed

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A type of high quality handwoven wollen cloth

Question 18

House lights

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Lights that make audience visible

Question 19

Lighting rig

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Structure that holds the lighting equipment in the theatre

Question 20

Machinations

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Plots or schemes

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Motif

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Repeated idea or image

Question 22

Multimedia

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Using film or other media in theatre production

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Projection

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Projecting a film or still image to create backdrop

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Prompt book

Answer 24

Master copy of the script - fully annotated

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Resonance

Answer 25

Quality and strength and depth of sound

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Retrogression

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Going backwards in earlier time or state

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Scribe

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Somebody who writes documents

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Site specification

Answer 28

A performance in a location that is not a theatre

Question 29

Snap

Answer 29

Quickly on or off

Question 30

Soundscapes

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Drama technique where performers use their voice to create sound enhancing the mood or theme

Question 31

Stage business

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Actions performers do to enhance characters and naturalism

Question 32

States

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Setting and positioning of lighting to create certain conditions

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Stimulus

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Resource in drama used to start a creative process by providing focus or inspiration

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Subtext

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Unspoken feelings under lines to show what character does or how they are feeling

Question 35

Titillated

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Excited or thrilled

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Trim

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Sewing - extra decoration like ribbon or thread

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Visual

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A cue that the technician must judge by watching action onstage

Question 38

Ward

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Usually a young person who has a guardian in responsibility for them