Stages Actors and positions
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The large curtain
What is the grand drape
100
Five different angles describing the actors position
What is body position?
100
Nine to fifteen divisions of the stage floor
What are acting areas?
100
The actual head height of the actor
What is level
100
A four sided stage built with one side cut away making a frame for viewing
What is a proscenium stage?
200
A meaningful arrangement of the actors by the director making a picture the audience sees.
What is a stage picture
200
The off stage parts of the acting areas
What are the wings
200
The part of a stage extending past the proscenium arch toward the audience
What is the apron
200
The planning and working out of movement by the director in the early stages of a play
What is blocking
200
Any type of stage that is not classified by the three types named
What is flexible staging?
300
Also known as theatre in the round
What is an arena stage
300
The section where the audience sits.
What is the house?
300
The imaginary divisions giving depth to a proscenium stage
What are planes
300
Where the actors perform, usually a raised platform
What is a stage?
300
The stage that extends into the seating area
What is a thrust stage?
400
The area closest to the audience
What is downstage
400
The actor who is getting more attention
What is taking
400
Turn the body more to the audience
What is open up
400
Turn more to the audience when having a conversation
What is cheat out
400
Look at the composition of the way actors are grouped
What is dress stage
500
Turning toward the center of the stage
What is turning in
500
Moving after another actor moves, in a different direction.
What is countercrossing?
500
Asssuming positions of equal strength
What is sharing
500
Allowing another actor to get more attention
What is giving
500
Moving from one point on the stage to another
What is crossing
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