Vocabulary

Basic Vocabulary

Plot: a series of events

Characters: carry out the plot

Theme: the main idea

Setting: the who and where discovered in the exposition

Backstage: the area behind the curtain

House: the area where the audience sits

Props: objects held by the actors

Rehearsal: repetition of lines

Improvisation: an unrehearsed style of theatre

Audition: a try - out for a play

Actor: a performer of the theatre

Lip / apron: the area in front of the curtain

Drama: to perform

Director: in charge of the overall unity of the production

Borders: curtains that mask the light

Creative Drama: a dynamic process

Technical: not an actor but a part of the production

Blocking: the arrangement of the actors movements on stage

Wings: an area offstage of the acting area

Literature: printed matter, novel or play

Tragedy: a type of drama that ends unhappily

Comedy: a type of drama that attempts to amuse

Theater: an area for presentations

Off stage: areas not in view of the audience