Prueba de Teatro

acotaciónes

stage directions

escenografía

scenography

acto

act (first division of a play)

espectadores/público/audiencia

public

ambientación

atmosphere, surroundings

teatro del absurdo

theater of the absurd

teatro social

social theater

escenario

stage

decoración

props

decorado

scenery, decor, setting

dramaturgo

dramatist/playwright

escena

scene

tragedia

tragedy

comedia

comedy

soliloquio

soliloquy (speech given by character when alone)

monologo

monologue (speech given by characters when not alone)

aparte

aside (speech directly to audience but not to other characters)

personajes

characters

actores

actors

en media res

when story/play begins in middle of the action

tiempo diegético

time-space continuum of narrative / world created by story

el estreno

premier/debut

la cuarta pared

the fourth wall (imaginary wall separating actors from audience)

la orquesta

the orchestra

el climax

climax

el desenlace

the result/outcome