Theatre Terms Wk. 1 Flashcards
The activity or profession of acting in, producing, directing, or writing plays
Theatre
A serious drama or other literary work in which conflict between a protagonist and superior force concludes in disaster for the protagonist
Tragedy
The genre of dramatic literature that deals with the light or the amusing or with the serious and profound in a light, familiar, or satiric manner
Comedy
A drama combining the qualities of tragedy and comedy
Tragicomedy
In theatre, a genre characterized by stereotype characters, implausible plots, and emphasis on spectacle
Melodrama
A genre of art comprising a multi-disciplinary, live, theatrical presentation, usually involving the audience
Performance art
The written dialogue an actor/actress uses to bring to life the message contained within it
Script
In theatre, film, and narrative literature, the structure of the work comprising crises, climax, exposition, complication, and denouement, foreshadowing, discovery, and reversals
Plot
In theatre, film and literature, the aspect of plot in which necessary background information, introduction of characters, and current situation are detailed
Exposition
In visual art, the allusion depicted on a two- dimensional surface, in which figures and objects appear to recede or project sharply into space, often using rules of linear perspective
Foreshadowing
The realization of what was foreshadowed has reached fruition or has been revealed
Discovery
The back of a coin- the opposite of what the viewer, or reader would have expected to happen
Reversal
A person in a novel, play, or movie
Character
In theatre, the use of light to enhance the three- dimensionality of the human body or the elements of the scenery
Chiaroscuro
In theatre, film, and literature, the leading actor of personage in a play or narrative work that is, the major character around whose decisions and actions the plot revolves
Protagonist
