Theatre III WOD 121-140

a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character

• foible
• comic foible
• character flaw
• hamartia

character traits we recognize in ourselves and exaggerate

• foible
• comic foible
• hamartia
• sides

controlling the audience's attention

• upstage
• plausible deniability
• bow
• focus

tragic flaw which is the undoing of a particular character

• foible
• comic foible
• hamartia
• sides

scene with little movement and no drive; to be avoided at all cost

• olio
• static scene
• semaphore acting
• one act

Acting with gestures

• olio
• static scene
• semaphore acting
• one act

secondary stage business upstage while main action of the scene is being played out downstage

• by-play
• upstaging
• dead panning
• obligatory blocking

Decorative props (some practical) & furnishings added to a stage setting , known as Set Dressing.

• set dressing/dressing
• framing
• crossover
• wings

passageway leading from one side of the stage to the other, out of view of the audience

• bridge
• wings
• legs
• crossover

getting laughs through using no facial expressions

• farce
• parody
• deadpanning
• satire