Theatre Terminology

Lines that are spoken directly to the audience and assumed to be unheard by the other characters

• Contstructive Criticism

• Pinnacle

• Aside

A long speech given by an actor in a play or a movie.

• Scene

• Duet

• One Act

• Monologue

A subdivision of an act in a play in which the time is continuous and the setting is fixed.

• Scene

• Duet

• Pinnacle

The signal for a course of action. (An entrance, blocking movement, a line, lighting or sound change.

• Line

• Cue

• Blocking

The part of the central action, usually near the close, when the tensions are the greatest and the thems is finally revealed.

• Pinnacle

• Stage Business

• Duet

The quality of a line, which gives credibility to the performer as realistic.

• Characterization

• Characteristics

• Believability

A sentence from your book

• Scene

• Line

• Monologue

A call from the actor when he/she has forgotten the next line.

• Line

• Pace

• Focus

A scene or a play with only two people in it.

• Monologue

• Scene

• Duet

The instructions given to the actor regarding movement and body position.

• Aside

• Blocking

• Enunciate