Unit 7 Vocab - 7/8 Grd - 21/22

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Character in a play effective even if the actor is untalented or prop is rigged.

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Actor-Proof

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Recall emotions from memory and use them as an actor.

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Affective Memory

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Profession helping actors find suitable auditions based on type.

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Agent

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A play using personification of symbols (e.g., 'Everyman', 'Greed', 'Death'), common in medieval morality plays.

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Allegory

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"Either two actors switching roles or an understudy preparing to perform."

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Alternate

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Theatre company or actors performing unpaid, from Latin meaning 'to love'.

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Amateur

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Circular or semi-circular auditorium with a stage and rising audience seats.

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Amphitheatre

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A speech or monologue expressing a character’s thoughts or feelings directly to the audience, while other characters are present but not meant to hear it.

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Aside

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Lights shown from behind actors, creating a silhouette.

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Back Lighting

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Actors in a scene not connected to the main action (e.g., characters in a park while others jog or walk a dog)

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Background Scene