WorksheetsDrama Terms
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
person in charge of running a play
stage directions
character
stage manager
thrust stage
acting without speaking
memorize
pantomime
playwright
performance
description of what is happening on the stage
interaction
stage directions
stage manager
arena theater
strongest emotion present in a piece
drama
mood
props
script
center of the acting area
stage manager
paywright
center stage
Shakespeare
exaggerated play with heroes and villians
melodrama
character
monologue
dramatic
advertising through newspapers, TV, radio, Internet or flyers
performance
publicity
proscenium
assembly
sudden and extreme; attracting attention
obstacle
dramatic
roylaties
memorize
leaving the stage
genre
diction
upstage
exit
overall process of putting on a play
projection
proscenium
objective
production
to clap the hands as an expression of aproval or appreciation
applaud
"places"
curtain
gesture
person who tells the story
matinee
spectacle
auditorium
narrator
signal for something to happen
"places"
fabric
mood
cue
a piece of writing presented as dialogue
melodrama
theme
upstage
play
sorrounding conditions
environment
ensemble
audition
performance
speaking or writing clearly and fluently
projection
abstacle
auditorium
articulate
a women who acts in a play, film, broadcast or commercial
posture
gesture
curtsy
actress
people who come to watch the play
audience
narrator
dialogue
upstage
actor facing the audience and other actors
cheat out
publicity
monotonous
auditorium
articles or items used by an actor on the stage
props
themes
drama
moods
representation of a place on stage
scenery
mood
matinee
audience
lines or words spoken by the actors
audience
dramatic
dialogue
articles
subject for a piece of literature, theater, art, or music
theme
drama
scene
costume
fabric that separates the actors from the audience
curtsy
applaud
curtain
upstage
person in a play that the actor portrays
articulate
director
stage manager
character
to bring out the meaning of something through performance
interpret
project
scenery
direct
the sitting or standing position of a body
posture
upstage
downstage
obstacle
type style used for stage directions
drapery
bold
italics
royalties
clothing worn by actors to show character
volume
costume
curtain
upstage
dialogue acted out between two or more people or a section of a play
gesture
scene
prop
monologue
person who watches an event, show, performance, etc.
actress
conflict
spectacle
spectator
made up of humorous songs or skits that makes fun of something
auditorium
audience
Vaudeville
break-a-leg
what a character wants
"places"
objective
downstage
interpretation
a character that changes during the course of the play
flat character
dynamic character
model
sequence
signal for actors to go to the starting point
objective
"places"
upstage
black box
audience sits on all sides of an acting area
improvisation
thrust stage
articulate
arena stage
a play where the actors also sing
movie
musical
straight play
farce
imaginary wall on that separates the stage from the audience
break-a-leg
the fourth wall
Vaudeville
technical
the area of the stage farthest from the audience
downstage
upstage
center stage
left stage
The most powerful position on stage
upstage
downstage
center stage
left stage
