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Theatre that emphasizes on plot and physical action; usually has a cliff hanger event.
Musical
Farce
Melodrama
Comedy
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Part of the plot consisting of complications & discoveries that create conflict.
Climax
Melodrama
Plot
Rising action
3
Printed words
Improvisation
Text
Mime
Diction
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A reading of a script that had not been previously reviewed.
Run-through
Collaboration
Cold reading
Exposition
5
The way you pronounce words, choice of words & manner of expression
Diction
Pitch
Articulation
Projection
6
Type of literary form, tragedy, comedy .. Etc
Genre
Exposition
Setting
Context
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A group of theatrical artist working together to create a theatrical production.
Business
Ensemble
Production
Collaboration
8
Delivery of volume, clarity, distinctness of voice for communication
Projection
Articulation
Diction
Cold reading
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A person that opposes another character's goals
Farce
Exposition
Antagonist
Protagonist
10
The arrangement of scenery & properties to represent place enacted
Props
Exposition
Setting
Context
11
Practice sessions for a public performance
Cold reading
Dress review
Rehearsal
Exposition
12
Opposition of persons or forces giving rise to dramatic action.
Exposition
Antagonist
Improvisation
Conflict
13
A clear & precise pronounciation of words
Articulation
Projection
Diction
Pitch
14
The conversation between characters
Context
Dialogue
Improvisation
Exposition
15
Actors movements on stage
Collaboration
Setting
Blocking
Props
16
The main character of a play
Character
Antagonist
Ensemble
Protagonist
17
Opinions and comments based on predetermined criteria that may be used for self-evaluation.
Critique
Objective
Projection
Directing
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Theatre genre where plot ends horrible
Tragedy
Musical
Melodrama
Comedy
19
Japanese Theatre of the 1600s
Shiku
Kabuki
Shomcu
Kailiha
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Item on the set used by actors
Setting
Dressings
Tacks
Props
21
A signal, either verbal physical that indicates time for dialogue or entrance
Blocking
Exposition
Cue
Prop
22
The written text of a play
Text
Context
Blocking
Script
23
An expressive movement of the body or limbs.
Mime
Run-through
Cue
Gesture
24
A characters reason for doing or saying things
Motivation
Context
Objective
Climax
25
A spontaneous style of theatre through which scenes are created without advance rehearsal
Improvisation
Pantomime
Blocking
Melodrama
26
A personality or role an actor recreates.
Mime
Director
Character
Antagonist
27
The art of bringing the elements of theatre together
Directing
Rehearsal
Collaberation
Producing
28
Detailed information revealing the facts of a plot
Articulation
Exposition
Script
Setting
29
The view of the stage for the audience.
Exposition
Down stage
Proscenium
Setting
30
Interrelated conditions in which a play exists or occurs
Exposition
Setting
Ensamble
Context
31
A rehearsal moving from start to finish without stopping for corrections
Setting
Run-through
Cold
Dress rehearsal
32
A long speech by a single character
Proscenium
Monologue
Melodrama
Improvisation
33
A character's goal or intention
Rising action
Projection
Objective
Motivation
34
The area closest to the audience
Proscenium
Upstage
Stage left
Downstage
35
Two or more people working together in a joint intellectual effort
Pantomime
ensemble
Guild
Collaboration
36
Gestures are used to express ideas no oral expressions
Melodrama
Pantomime
Articulation
Improvisation
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A comedy with exaggerated characterization, lots of humor & improbable plot
Farce
Melodrama
Tragedy
Pantomime
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The point of greatest dramatic tension
Climax
Melodrama
Exposition
Kabuki
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The final rehearsals in full costumes
Audition
Cold reading
Run-through
Dress rehearsal
