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THEATRE TERMSPart One
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DRAMA
A story written to be performed by actors
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COMEDYA humorous play that has a light tone and happy ending
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TRAGEDY
A play that ends in the death of a main character
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SCRIPT
The written text of a play
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MONOLOGUE
A long speech given by one character
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SOLILOQUYAn extended
speech given by a character that expresses inner thoughts aloud to himself and the audience
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ASIDE A brief monologue for the audience that is unheard by other characters on stage
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PUN
A play on words that exploits similar sounds or multiple meanings
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GROUNDLINGS
Audience members in Shakespeare’s time
who watched from the cheapest seats
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THE GLOBE
The theatre where most of Shakespeare’s play were performed
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OXYMORON
A pair of words that contradict each other
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DRAMATIC IRONY
When the audience knows something that the characters do not know
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SITUATIONAL IRONY
When what happens is the opposite of what one would expect
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PROLOGUE An introduction to a play, usually spoken by the chorus
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FOIL
A character who contrasts with or is the opposite of another character
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ACT
A major section of a play, usually made up of
several scenes
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SCENEA subdivision
of an act that changes for a new time or location; ends when the characters leave the stage
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BLOCKING The process
of arranging moves to be made by the actors during the play
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CHARACTER The mental
and moral qualities distinctive to an individual within the world of the play.
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DIRECTOR Broadly, the
role involves being responsible for the overall artistic vision of a production.
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GESTURE Body or facial movements of a character during a play.
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MIME Form of
performance with no spoken words. Plot, character etc. are conveyed to the audience by movement and gesture
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PANTOMIME a musical-comedy
family-orientated theatrical production -- Popular pantos include Cinderella, Aladdin, Jack and the Beanstalk, Mother Goose
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CUE Any signal (spoken
line, action or count) that indicates another action should follow (i.e. the actors' cue to enter is when the Maid says "I hear someone coming! Quick - Hide!")