Theatre Terms Quiz #5 -- Mr. Dawursk--www.mrdclassroom

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.

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