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