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16 Cards in this Set
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applause
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positive response to perfomance by clapping hands.
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audience
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those who watch or listen to a perfomance.
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auditions
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a sessino at hich a theatre aris, usually an actor, displays his or her craft in order to secure a job
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casting
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public announcement of auditinos or interiews for casting of a play
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climax
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the hihest point of plot excitement for the audience.
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confidante
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in drama, a character to whom another leading character gives private information.
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copyright
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legal concept of intellectual property rights.
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dialogue
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character interaction through language
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encore
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perfomrance repeated in response to audence applause
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for-profit
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fully taxed performance
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impersonation
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pretending to be another
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improvisation
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acting technique or exercise emphasizing immediacy of response and invention rather than erhearsed hehavior.
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mime
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drama in which unmasked actros of both sexes portrayed often bawdy stories. In rome, populare drama after 100. silent modern theatre
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not-for-profit
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partly from tickets; the rest from donations and grants; tax breaks
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royalties
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payments made to authors for permission to reproduce, in text or in performance, their artistic roducts (plays, designs, etc)
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producers
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executive who arranges financing and who oversees a commerial production
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