Theatre I Exam

Front 1

Acting without words

Back 1

Pantomime or mime

Front 2

Movement by an actor from one location onstage to another

Back 2

Cross

Front 3

Movement by hands or bodies

Back 3

Gesture

Front 4

How you speak

Back 4

Diction

Front 5

Emphasize on certain words

Back 5

Inflection

Front 6

Main characters in the play

Back 6

Leading Roles

Front 7

Main character with a problem

Back 7

Protagonist

Front 8

One who opposes the goals of the protagonist

Back 8

Antagonist

Front 9

Parts cast on looks

Back 9

Straight Parts

Front 10

Demand a high degree of acting abilities. Actors rarely resemble their characters in either appearance or personality

Back 10

Character Parts

Front 11

Roles that support the leading roles

Back 11

Supporting Roles

Front 12

Making up lines

Back 12

Improvisation

Front 13

Making less lines, own words

Back 13

Paraphrasing

Front 14

To improvise stage business or conversation

Back 14

Ad lib

Front 15

Who and what are onstage when the curtains open

Back 15

At rise

Front 16

Part of stage audience cannot see

Back 16

Backstage

Front 17

An acting role with very few lines; piece of stage business

Back 17

Bit Part

Front 18

Getting behind furniture or other actors so that you cannot be seen by the audience

Back 18

Blocking Yourself

Front 19

Using dramatic devices such as increased tempo volume and emphasis to bring a scene to a climax

Back 19

Building a Scene

Front 20

The symbol used to identify the center of the stage

Back 20

"C"

Front 21

A movement in direction opposite to a cross to balance the stage picture

Back 21

Countercross

Front 22

To obstruct the view of the audience

Back 22

Cover

Front 23

The last words, action, or technical effect that immediately precedes any lines or business; a stage cue

Back 23

Cue

Front 24

The curtain or drapery that shuts off the stage from the stage from the audience

Back 24

Curtain

Front 25

To stop action or to omit

Back 25

Cut

Front 26

The part of the stage toward the audience

Back 26

Downstage

Front 27

Placing the furnishings, pictures, and similar items to complete and balance a set

Back 27

Dressing the Stage

Front 28

To move onto the stage

Back 28

Enter

Front 29

To leave the stage

Back 29

Exit

Front 30

Giving lines and action in such a way that another actor can make a point or get a laugh

Back 30

Feeding

Front 31

Items such as tools, weapons, or luggage carried onstage by an individual player

Back 31

Hand Props

Front 32

To draw the maximum response from the audience

Back 32

Milk

Front 33

Off the visible stage

Back 33

Offstage

Front 34

On the visible stage

Back 34

Onstage

Front 35

To speak when someone else is speaking

Back 35

Overlap

Front 36

The movement or sweep of the play as it progresses

Back 36

Pace

Front 37

Small props that are usually carried in an actors costume

Back 37

Personal Props

Front 38

Stage commands for actors to take their positions

Back 38

Places

Front 39

To plan stage business

Back 39

Plot

Front 40

The main characters in a play or the named characters in a musicals

Back 40

Principals

Front 41

The scenery for an act or a scene

Back 41

Set

Front 42

Half-sheet pages of scripts that contain lines, cues, and business for one character

Back 42

Sides

Front 43

Attracting attention from one person to whom the audiences interest legitimately belongs

Back 43

Stealing a Scene

Front 44

The last speech is an act or a play, usually humorous or clever

Back 44

Tag Line

Front 45

The speed at which the action of a play moves along

Back 45

Tempo

Front 46

The area towards the rear of the stage

Back 46

Up stage

Front 47

A small acting part that has no lines

Back 47

Walk-on

Front 48

Notification of an upcoming action or cues; usually indicating in the prompt book

Back 48

Warn Cue

Front 49

Face the audience

Back 49

Cheat Out

Front 50

Acting with another actor

Back 50

Share a Scene

Front 51

Let someone else take the scene

Back 51

Giving the Scene

Front 52

Not facing the audience

Back 52

Turning the Scene In

Front 53

Leaving the scene

Back 53

Taking Yourself Out of the Scene

Front 54

What kind of play, where and when its taking place, and the situations and conflicts they face

Back 54

Exposition

Front 55

Emotional feeling of the play

Back 55

Mood

Front 56

Most important part of exposition

Back 56

Preliminary Situation

Front 57

Resolution of the play

Back 57

Denouement

Front 58

Thoughts aloud

Back 58

Soliloquy

Front 59

Basic idea of a play

Back 59

Theme

Front 60

Lesson or principle taught by the play

Back 60

Moral

Front 61

Spoken parts between two or more characters

Back 61

Dialouge

Front 62

What the characters do

Back 62

Action

Front 63

Part of the plot

Back 63

Situation

Front 64

Play in which the protagonist fails to achieve desired goals

Back 64

Tragedy

Front 65

Quality of the drama that arouses feelings

Back 65

Pathos

Front 66

An error in judgement

Back 66

Hamartia

Front 67

Emotion from the audience

Back 67

Catharsis

Front 68

Lighthearted with clever dialouge

Back 68

Comedy

Front 69

Type of comedy that is physical and vulgar

Back 69

Low Comedy

Front 70

Type of comedy that includes clowning and practical jokes

Back 70

High Comedy