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36 Cards in this Set
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aesthetic distance
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distance between audience and actors
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script
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text for play
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flat
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light weighed wood frame used for sets
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scene
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divided parts of play
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chorus
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performers who sing and dance as a group
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black box
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theatre where audience and actors in same room
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marking out
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tape stuck to floor indicating placement of props
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director
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person responsible for unity of play
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costume
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character's clothing
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house
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reserved spots for audience
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grave trap
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takes actor off stage
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star trap
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raises actor up
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onstage
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area in view of audience
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effects
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describes sounds and visual details
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backing
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scenery conceals backstage viewed through window or door
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sightlines
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stage of where audience is located and can see
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trap
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opening in floor of stage or door
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box set
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realistic scenery represnting interior of room
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kill
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eliminate unwanted things
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drama
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expression of life
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blocking
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arrangement of actors
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cyclorama
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back sheet (white) used as sky
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proscenium
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fouth wall a picture frame through audience sees play
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curtain line
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line across performance curtain is flown
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backstage
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area beyond setting
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pantomine
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making unreal scene seem real
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center stage
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middle of stage
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stagewhisper
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conversation in whisper between actor which audience can hear
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arena
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theatre where audience surrounds stage
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back drop
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drapery provides the rear masking of set
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canvas
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material to cover flats instead of plywood
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entrance
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manner where performer comes to scene
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apron
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stage space in front of curtain
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freeze
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remain motionless on stage
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sensitivity
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skill of noticing things
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offstage
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area of stage audience can't see
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