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People
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Types
Miscellaneous
100
A male or female person who performs a role in a play, work of theater, or movie.
What is an actor/actress?
100
The area where actors perform.
What is the stage?
100
Opposition of persons or forces giving rise to dramatic action.
What is conflict?
100
A theatrical work that is intentionally humorous.
What is comedy?
100
Clothing worn by an actor on stage during a performance.
What is a costume?
200
The person who oversees the entire process of staging a production.
What is a director?
200
The center of the area defined as the stage.
What is center stage?
200
Detailed information revealing the facts of a plot.
What is exposition?
200
A theatrical work that is intentionally sad. A character of high status falls from grace.
What is tragedy?
200
The conversation between actors on stage.
What is dialogue?
300
A person who writes plays.
What is a playwright?
300
The left side of the stage from the perspective of an actor facing the audience.
What is stage left?
300
The part of a plot consisting of complications and discoveries that create conflict.
What is rising action?
300
The final few rehearsals just prior to opening night in which the show is run with full technical elements. Full costumes and makeup are worn.
What are dress rehearsals?
300
A character's reason for doing or saying things in a play.
What is motivation?
400
The main character of a play and the characters with whom the audience identifies most strongly.
What is the protagonist?
400
The right side of the stage from the perspective of an actor facing the audience.
What is stage right?
400
The point of greatest dramatic tension or transition in a theatrical work.
What is climax?
400
The theater of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1, and often extended to the close of the theaters in 1640.
What is Elizabethan Theatre?
400
Interrelated conditions in which a play exists or occurs.
What is context?
500
A person or a situation that opposes another character's goals or desires.
What is the antagonist?
500
The stage area toward the audience.
What is down stage?
500
The final resolution of the conflict in a plot.
What is denouement?
500
A type of entertainment containing music, songs, and usually, dance.
What is musical theater?
500
A character's goals or intentions.
What is objective?