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29 Cards in this Set
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Actor
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a manger, agent overseer or factor
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Action
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working agency, operation
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Body Language
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the gestures and movements by which a person unconsciously or indirectly conveys a meeting
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Catharsis
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the purifications of emotions, especially though drama
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Chorus
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a single person who speaks the prologue and explains or comments on the course of events
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Costume
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to provide with costume or dress; to arrange
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Miracle Play
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earliest form of developed plays in medieval europe
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Climax
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the highest point reached by ascension
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Comedy
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a stage play of light and amusing characters with a happy conclusion to its plot
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complication
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the action of folding together ; the condition of being folded together
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Des ex manchina
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god out of machine; describes an artificial or improbable character
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Dramatic irony
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the words and actions of the characters belie the real situation
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Gesture
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grace of manner
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Hamartia
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mistake or error in judgement ; rooted in missing the mark
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Improvisation
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the production or execution of anything off hand; any work or produced at the moment
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Lighting
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decent, dismounting; alighting
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masque
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a form of courtly dramatic entertainment in which music and dancing play a substantial part
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Mimesis
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imitation of another persons words, mannerism , actions ect
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Monologue
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a long speech by one action in a film or in a play
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Pace
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a passage or route
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Perpetetia
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a reversal of circumstance, a turing point
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Proscenium arch
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a theater space whose primary space is a larch archway
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scenery
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dramatic action a moving exhibition of feelings
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Soliloquy
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taking to or conversing with oneself or uttering ones thoughts aloud
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Subplot
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secondary plot
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staging
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a temporary platform or structure
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Tableau Vivant
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living picture; a striking group of actors carefully posed and often theatrically lit
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Tragedy
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a play or literary work of serious or sorrowful character with a fatal or disastrous conclusion
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Unites
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unity of action
unity of place unity of time |
