Shakespeare
Shakespeare was best known for writing 154 of this type of poem.
What is a sonnet?
This is the practice of acting and reacting in the moment, or "making it up" on the spot.
What is improvisation?
This is a type of book that contains the dialogue and instructions for a play.
What is a script?
This contains objects, paintings, and/or backgrounds that represent the setting.
What is scenery?
These are expressive movements of the body and/or limbs.
What are gestures?
This type of Shakespearean play contains a happy ending and usually results in marriage.
What is comedy?
A feeling of tension or uncertainty about an outcome.
What is suspense?
This term identifies the time, location, and circumstances in which a story takes place.
What is setting?
What is makeup?
Created by speaking with inflection, this performance element is used to express thoughts and feelings.
This play by Shakespeare was used as the basis for the Disney movie The Lion King.
What is Hamlet, Prince of Denmark?
This is the main difference between suspense and horror.
What is suspense builds and horror is sudden?
Love, hate, and death are examples of this literary element that drives the meaning of a play.
What is a theme?
A sword is an example of this technical element.
What is prop?
A form of expression used to show a character's feelings when they are not speaking.
What is facial expression?
This character trait regarding the main hero is crucial in a Shakespearean tragedy.
What is the hero must be flawed?
This film director was considered the "Master of Suspense".
Who is Alfred Hitchcock?
These are the 5 points of a plot structure in order.
What is exposition (initial incident), rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
This often weakens colors on stage, requiring actors to use brighter makeup.
What is strong light?
This term is used for coordinating an actor's movement on stage.
What is blocking?
Even though little is known about William Shakespeare's personal life, this woman is known to have been his wife.
Who is Anne Hathaway?
This form of improvisational theatre developed in the 1500's where actors would utilize masks and perform on the streets using what was available to them.
What is Commedia Dell'Arte?
The capacity to recognize or understand another's state of mind or emotion.
What is empathy?
Velvet materials, vertical stripes, muted colors, and subtle patterns on costumes have this effect.
What is subtract weight?
A type of breathing used by actors to effectively project the voice on stage.
What is diaphragmatic breathing?