Drama Vocab Quiz
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- make-up
- cosmetics used to help put someone in character
- plot
- events that take place
- 3 act play
- many characters, more conflicts, about 1-2 hours, more detail, intermission
- upstage
- to move away from the crowd
- cast
- all the people in the play
- conflict
- problem person vs person man vs society man vs himself man vs nature
- cue
- tells you to begin
- character
- imaginary person on the stage or anyone who has a role
- 1 act play
- few characters, 1 conflict, about 30 mins, flat characters
- prompter
- someone or something that helps people with their lines
- playwright
- person who writes the play
- tragedy
- depressing and sad play
- amateur
- person studying to be an actor
- strike
- end of play or remove scene
- actor
- a real person whos in character on stage
- backstage
- area not included in acting area
- amphitheater
- outside theater that is surrounded by the audience
- ad lib
- to add words to script
- blackout
- all lights out
- set
- background and furniture that stay
- protagonist
- main character who represents good
- costume
- what actors wear to get in character
- thrust theater
- rectangular theater in which audience sits to the left and right and in front of the stage
- proscenium theater
- theater in which there is a curtain and an arch. audience sits in front of it
- round theater
- theater in which audience is surrounding the stage
- hand prop
- prop that can be moved on and off stage easily
- improvisation
- to make up on the spot
- director
- person who oversees and leads the play
- flyspace
- area above acting area
- comedy
- humerous play
- pantomine
- play without words or sound
- audition
- to try out for a role in the play
- wings
- areas to the left and right of the stage
- dialogue
- words spoken in play
- dress rehearsal
- run through of play
- flats
- wooden frames used to build set
- antagonist
- person who represents evil in the play
- downstage
- movement toward the audience