Acting Area - ANSWERThat area within the performance space within which the performer may move in full view of the audience.
Action - ANSWERThe movement or development of the plot or story in a play; the sense of forward movement created by the sense of time and/or the physical and psychological m...
Acting Area - ANSWERThat area within the performance space within which the performer may
move in full view of the audience.
Action - ANSWERThe movement or development of the plot or story in a play; the sense of forward
movement created by the sense of time and/or the physical and psychological motivations of
characters.
Analysis - ANSWERIn responding to dramatic art, the process of examining how the elements of
drama: literary, technical, and performance, are used.
Apron - ANSWERThe area between the front curtain and the edge of the stage.
Arena Stage - ANSWERType of stage without a frame or arch separating the stage from the
auditorium, in which the audience surrounds the stage area.
Black Box - ANSWERA one-room theatre, without a proscenium arch; interior is painted black,
including walls, floor and ceiling and any drapes are also black.
Catharsis - ANSWERThe feeling of release felt by the audience at the end of a tragedy; the audience
experiences catharsis, or is set free from the emotional hold of the action, after experiencing strong
emotions and sharing in the protagonist's troubles.
Character - ANSWERA person portrayed in a drama, novel, or other artistic piece.
Climax - ANSWERThe point of greatest intensity in a series or progression of events in a play, often
forming the turning point of the plot and leading to some king of resolution.
Comedy - ANSWERA play that treats characters and situations in a humorous way. In Shakespeare's
time, a comedy was any play with a happy ending that typically told the story of a likeable character's
rise to fortune. In ancient Greece, comedies dealt almost exclusively with contemporary figures and
problems.
Comic Relief - ANSWERA break in the tension of a tragedy provided by a comic character, a comic
episode, or even a comic line.
Conflict - ANSWERThe internal or external struggle between opposing forces, ideas, or interests that
creates dramatic tension.
Contrast - ANSWERDynamic use of opposites, such as movement and stillness, sound and silence,
and light and darkness.
Dénouement - ANSWERThe moment in a drama when the essential plot point is unraveled or
explained.
Development - ANSWERProgression of the plot or conflict in a play.
Drama - ANSWERTerm comes from a Greek word meaning action. The enactment of drama in
theatre, performed by performers on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes
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