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Acting 2nd year 3
theatre vocab
Question | Answer |
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break a leg | an expression used instead of ‘good luck’ when one wishes an actor success before opening night |
break-up | When an actor’s dialogue is interrupted by laughter |
bring up | 1. Increase brightness of lights; 2. Raise the curtain |
build | to increase the loudness, rate, and energy of a line, speech, scene or song in order to reach a climax |
business | activity performed by an actor during or in place of a speech |
by-play | secondary stage business upstage while main action of the scene is being played out downstage |
call | 1) announcement to performers or crews that they are needed for a rehearsal or performance; 2) warning to performers to get ready for an entrance |
callboard | place backstage in a theatre where company rules, announcements, notes, and messages are posted |
cameo | unimportant, small role by a famous actor |
casting | difficult task of matching the actors who auditioned for the production with the roles in the play or musical |
catwalk | narrow platform suspended above the stage to permit ready access to the ropes, the lights, and the scenery hung from the grid |
centre line | an imaginary line down the centre of the stage, from upstage to downstage |
changing booth | a small temporary place in the wings where an actor can make a costume change without going to the dressing room |
characterization | representation of a character’s qualities or peculiarities through dialogue, gesture, movement, costume and makeup |
cheat | move that does not attract attention to itself while managing to keep the actor in view of the audience. |
Chorus | a narrator who introduces or comments on the play. |
claque | people who are hired by performers (or their representatives) for the express purpose of starting and sustaining applause for them. |
climax | highest point of dramatic tension in a script. |
clipping | when an actor begins to speak his lines before another actor finishes his cue phrase |
closed turn | turn made away and with the actor’s back to the audience, usually considered a poor movement. The opposite, an open turn, is most often preferred. |