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.
Slanted floor, allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front.
Sloping platform.
Stage front to actor's right as he faces the audience.
Command to lower curtain
Command to raise curtain
Colored glass disc used in footlights and border strips
Money paid to an author for permission to stage his play.
Length of stage engagement.
Rehearse scene without interruption.
A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector can be hung from battens.
Loose weave curtain on battens used for "visions,""flashbacks," etc… Opaque when lighted from the front; transparent when lighted from the back.
Printed or typewritten copy of the play.
[1.] Scenery; [2.] Establish definite movement and lines.
Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself such as a practical rock.
To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor.
Change scenery.
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.
Light leakage from stage lights
Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination.