DRAMA 10 VOCABULARY BUILDER

Match the following definitions to a word from the word bank.                                   WORD BANK

____area farthest away from the audience, towards back wall

____area of stage closest to the audience

____transparent coloured medium used in front of stage lights

____imaginary wall between stage and audience

____all stage lights go off simultaneously; often at end of scene

____to cover something from audience view

____to slant or place at an angle

____light leakage from stage lights

____offstage to right and left of the acting area

____stage area to actor’s right as he faces audience

____posted announcement of rehearsal or rehearsal schedule

____to play towards the audience, while acting with another

____one-dimensional diagram of acting area and stage set

____the stage area that juts out in front of the curtain downstage

____an actor’s move from one stage position to another

____direction for an actor to leave the playing area

____pattern of physical movement of characters around stage

____stagehand

____detailed bits of action such as dialling the phone, knitting

____canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery or masking

____a speech by a character when alone; often a reflection

____to make up spontaneous dialogue, usually small talk

____auditorium or audience seating area

____lights with beams that can be focused; hard-edged beam

____stage area to audiences right when facing stage area

____area behind scenery, not visible from the audience

____permanent framed arch through which audience views play

____objects that decorate the stage or items actors use in role

____painted canvas or curtain hung upstage from battens

____a line spoken in a way suggesting others do not hear it

 

 

  1. AD-LIB          

  2. ASIDE

  3. APRON

  4. BACKDROP

  5. BACKSTAGE

  6. BLACKOUT

  7. BLOCKING

  8. BUSINESS

  9. CALL

  10. CHEAT

  11. CROSS

  12. DOWNSTAGE

  13. EXIT

  14. FLAT

  15. FLOOR PLAN

  16. FOUTH WALL

  17. GELATIN

  18. GRIP

  19. HOUSE

  20. LEFT

  21. MASK

  22. PROPERTIES

  23. PROSCENIUM

  24. RAKE

  25. RIGHT

  26. SPILL

  27. SOLILOQUY

  28. SPOTLIGHT

  29. UPSTAGE

  30. WINGS

 

 

 

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