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Delivery of volume, clarity, distinctness of voice for communication
Projection
Diction
Cold reading
Articulation
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Actors movements on stage
Collaboration
Setting
Props
Blocking
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Opposition of persons or forces giving rise to dramatic action.
Conflict
Antagonist
Exposition
Improvisation
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A person that opposes another character's goals
Exposition
Antagonist
Protagonist
Farce
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The way you pronounce words, choice of words & manner of expression
Diction
Articulation
Projection
Pitch
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Two or more people working together in a joint intellectual effort
Guild
Pantomime
Collaboration
ensemble
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The arrangement of scenery & properties to represent place enacted
Context
Exposition
Setting
Props
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A rehearsal moving from start to finish without stopping for corrections
Dress rehearsal
Cold
Setting
Run-through
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The conversation between characters
Context
Improvisation
Dialogue
Exposition
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A long speech by a single character
Monologue
Melodrama
Improvisation
Proscenium
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Theatre that emphasizes on plot and physical action; usually has a cliff hanger event.
Farce
Melodrama
Comedy
Musical
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Theatre genre where plot ends horrible
Comedy
Musical
Tragedy
Melodrama
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Opinions and comments based on predetermined criteria that may be used for self-evaluation.
Directing
Objective
Critique
Projection
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A comedy with exaggerated characterization, lots of humor & improbable plot
Tragedy
Pantomime
Farce
Melodrama
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A group of theatrical artist working together to create a theatrical production.
Collaboration
Ensemble
Production
Business
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Part of the plot consisting of complications & discoveries that create conflict.
Rising action
Climax
Plot
Melodrama
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The view of the stage for the audience.
Down stage
Setting
Exposition
Proscenium
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An expressive movement of the body or limbs.
Run-through
Mime
Gesture
Cue
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The point of greatest dramatic tension
Climax
Kabuki
Melodrama
Exposition
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A characters reason for doing or saying things
Climax
Objective
Context
Motivation
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Detailed information revealing the facts of a plot
Script
Setting
Articulation
Exposition
22
The final rehearsals in full costumes
Dress rehearsal
Audition
Run-through
Cold reading
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The main character of a play
Protagonist
Antagonist
Ensemble
Character
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A reading of a script that had not been previously reviewed.
Cold reading
Collaboration
Run-through
Exposition
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The area closest to the audience
Upstage
Stage left
Proscenium
Downstage
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The written text of a play
Blocking
Script
Text
Context
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A character's goal or intention
Rising action
Objective
Projection
Motivation
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Gestures are used to express ideas no oral expressions
Improvisation
Pantomime
Articulation
Melodrama
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A clear & precise pronounciation of words
Diction
Projection
Pitch
Articulation
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Practice sessions for a public performance
Rehearsal
Exposition
Cold reading
Dress review
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A spontaneous style of theatre through which scenes are created without advance rehearsal
Blocking
Improvisation
Pantomime
Melodrama
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Japanese Theatre of the 1600s
Kabuki
Kailiha
Shomcu
Shiku
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The art of bringing the elements of theatre together
Producing
Collaberation
Directing
Rehearsal
34
Interrelated conditions in which a play exists or occurs
Ensamble
Setting
Context
Exposition
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A personality or role an actor recreates.
Mime
Character
Antagonist
Director
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Type of literary form, tragedy, comedy .. Etc
Setting
Exposition
Genre
Context
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A signal, either verbal physical that indicates time for dialogue or entrance
Cue
Prop
Exposition
Blocking
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Printed words
Improvisation
Text
Mime
Diction
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Item on the set used by actors
Dressings
Props
Tacks
Setting
