Theatre Terms: Week #5

Dramatics - Mr. Dawursk

Quick Study:	One who can memorize a part rapidly.
Raked House:	Slanted floor, allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front.
Ramp:	Sloping platform.
Right:	Stage front to actor's right as he faces the audience.
Ring Down:	Command to lower curtain.
Ring Up:	Command to raise curtain.
Roundels:	Colored glass disc used in footlights and border strips.
Royalty:	Money paid to an author for permission to stage his play.
Run:	Length of stage engagement.
Run Through:	Rehearse scene without interruption.
Scoop:	A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector can be hung from battens.
Scrim:	Loose weave curtain on battens used for "visions,""flashbacks," etc… Opaque when lighted from the front; transparent when lighted from the back.
Script:	Printed or typewritten copy of the play.
Set:	[1.] Scenery; [2.] Establish definite movement and lines.
Set Price:	Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself such as a practical rock.
Share:	To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor.
Shift:	Change scenery.
Soliloquy:	Long speech given by a character when he is alone on stage to show his thoughts or to explain the plot; used frequently by Shakespeare.
Spill:	Light leakage from stage lights.
Spotlight:	Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination.