NARRATOR

Type of clay used for altering the shape of the nose or chin and/or making warts and wounds

NOSE PUTTY

QUICKLY or

SLOWLYPACE

PANTOMIME

AND THE WINNER OF BIG BROTHER 2008

IS…..............................………………………………

………………………………..Jennifer!!!

PAUSE

Presentation of a drama to an audience

PERFORMANCE

Costume which reflects clothing from a time in history

PERIOD COSTUME

An item carried or worn on stage

by an actor

PERSONALPROP

Table in the wings on which all props are placed for actors to collect as they enter and replace as they exit

PROPS TABLE

HIGH or

LOWPITCH

another word for a

drama

PLAY

The person who has written the play

PLAYWRIGHT

The story line of a drama

PLOT

POSTURE

R S O C D R

A F PRESENTING

E

PROFILESPOTLIGHT

PROSCENIUM ARCH

Audience follows the action on foot, moving from one location to another

PROMENADETHEATRE

TO BE OR NOT TO BETHAT IS THE

QUESTION

To supply forgotten lines to an actor

PROMPT

Left hand side of the stage where prompter and stage manager sit during the performance

PROMPT SIDE

Master copy of the script with all moves and technical effects included

PROMPT COPY

PYROTECHNICS

Slope of stage to allowactors to be seen

RAKE

Stage which turns in a circle

REVOLVING STAGE

"Fight and you may die. Run and youwill live at least awhile. And dying in your bed many years from

now,would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for

one chance, just one chance, to come back here as young men and tell our enemies that they may take our lives but they will

never take our freedom!"

Appropriate speechfor the person being spoken to, or for the

situation

REGISTER

Practice or preparation of a drama

REHEARSAL

DRAMA CREATED WITHOUTA SCRIPT WHICH IS

REHEARSED BEFORE PRESENTATION

OR EVERY PERFORMANCEYOU’VE EVER DONE IN

DRAMA CLASS

REHEARSED IMPROVISATION

Lowest area of seating not above stage height

STALLS

Movements whichfollow a pattern

or a beat

RHYTHM

Part played by an actor/attitude adopted

ROLE

a means of exploring attitudes

and beliefs

ROLE PLAY

ROSTRA

Blocks or platforms used to create levels

SAFETY CHAIN

SCENE ONE Time: 3am. 1852Place: London Bridge Action: Linus and Sebastion are waiting on the bridge for a signal

from the boats below. They don’t get it and are arrested by police.

SCENE TWOTime: Morning.Place: Jail CellsAction: Linus and Sebastion send word to their powerful father Lord Snooodgrass. He bails them out of jail.

Etc.Etc.Etc.

SCENARIO

WHAT DO YOU CALL THE SECTIONS IN THE DRAMA SET INTO

ONE PLACE AND ONE TIME?

SCENE

Resources used to create the setting where a drama takes place, e.g. backcloth, flats, rostra, furniture.

SCENERY

JULIET O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?Deny thy father and refuse thy name;Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

ROMEO [Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?

JULIET 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,Nor arm, nor face, nor any other partBelonging to a man. O, be some other name!What's in a name? that which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet;So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,Retain that dear perfection which he owesWithout that title. Romeo, doff thy name,And for that name which is no part of theeTake all myself.

SCRIPT

Scenery used to show where a drama takes place

To place a drama in a certain time or place

SET

An item placed on the set, usually part of it e.g. a lamp, clock, picture

SET PROP

What the audience sees of the stage from where they are sitting

SIGHT LINES

Movement performed at a slowed down speed

SLOW MOTION

ExIt all but Gloucester

Was ever woman in this humor wooed? Was ever woman in this humor won

I'll have her, but I will not keep her long.What? I that killed her husband and his

to take her in her heart's extremest hate, with curses in her mouth, tears in her eyes,

the bleeding witness of my hatred by, having God, her conscience, and these bars against me,

and I no friends to back my suit at all but the plain devil and dissembling looks?

And yet to win her! All the world to nothing! Ha!

SOLILOQUY

Plastic head-shaped covering to give appearance of baldness

SKULLCAP

SCARRING

STIPPLE SPONGE

Used to create a mood or atmosphere on stage e.g. strobe light, mirror ball,smoke machine

SPECIAL EFFECTS

Glue used to attach hair to the face

SPIRIT GUM

Drama created ‘on the spot’ without a script or plan

SPONTANEOUS IMPROVISATION

A stage picture, held without movement

TABLEAU

TABS

A specific group of people at whom a drama is aimed

TARGET AUDIENCE

Build up of excitement

TENSION

THEATRE ARTS

THEATRE IN THE ROUND

LETS FREEZE THE ACTION RIGHT HERE.

IF MAXIMUS COULD TALK WHAT WOULD HE SAY? WHAT IS HE THINKING?

An aid to characterisation: the character speaks their thoughts out loud

THOUGHT TRACKING

THOUGHT TUNNEL

THRUST STAGE

Speaking, moving or pausing at exactly the right moment

TIMING

Used to create the look of a missing tooth by blacking out an existing one

TOOTH VARNISH

I LOVE YOUBUT WE SHOULD

BREAK UP

I HATE YOU HOW COULD

YOU!?!

EMOTION = TONE

A drama about unhappy events and with a sad ending

TRAGEDY

TRAPDOOR

TREADS

Piece of scenery on wheels for ease of movement

TRUCK

Place where a drama is presented

VENUE

COME IN …IF

YOU DAAAARE

VOICE OVER

KILL THEM ALL NORMAN. WE CAN’T

HAVE THEM TREAT US LIKE THIS.

VOICES IN THE HEAD

Loudness or quietness of the voice

VOLUME

WINGS

The whole acting area is evenly lit

WASH

Dear Anna,I miss you so much since you left me. I can barely eat, I can’t work I can’t talk to anyone at all. Say you love me and come back to me. Please. I beg you.Yours always. Ricardo

WRITING IN ROLE

CSCSR CSL

DSR

USR USC USL

DSC DSL

AUDIENCE