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Theater Terms and Stage Directions
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1
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What is a drama’s origin meaning in Greek?
Answer
To do or to act
2
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What is a script in theatre?
Answer
Written version of a drama
3
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Who are the characters?
Answer
Persons who appear in the play
4
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Who is the protagonist?
Answer
The character who must solve the problem
5
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Who is the antagonist?
Answer
Character opposing the protagonist’s goals
6
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Who is the ingenue?
Answer
Young romantic lead, typically female
7
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What is a foil in theatre?
Answer
Character highlighting protagonist traits by opposite traits
8
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What is a confidante?
Answer
Listener for the protagonist’s concerns heard by audience
9
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What is a monologue?
Answer
One character speaks on stage alone
10
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What is a soliloquy?
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Character speaks to themselves, audience understands thoughts
11
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What is an aside?
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Character speaks unseen by others on stage
12
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What is action in drama?
Answer
A series of events
13
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What is plot?
Answer
Arrangement of the action
14
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What is exposition?
Answer
Opening status quo of the play
15
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What is an inciting incident?
Answer
Event that changes the play’s direction
16
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What is rising action?
Answer
Events that complicate the situation
17
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What is the climax?
Answer
Turning point, most crucial moment
18
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What is falling action?
Answer
Unwinding of plot complications
19
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What is denouement?
Answer
New status quo; the play’s conclusion
20
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Where is backstage?
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Behind the stage area not visible to audience
21
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Where is the cyclorama?
Answer
Large curved wall at rear of stage for lighting
22
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Where is upstage right?
Answer
Stage area at the actor’s back to audience, right side
23
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Where is upstage center?
Answer
Back area at center from actor’s perspective
24
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Where is upstage left?
Answer
Back area at left side from actor’s view
25
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Where is offstage right?
Answer
Area off the stage on the right side
26
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Where is center right?
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Stage area to the audience’s right at center
27
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Where is center stage?
Answer
The central area of the stage
28
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Where is center left?
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Stage area to the audience’s left at center
29
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Where is offstage left?
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Area off the stage on the left side
30
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Where is downstage right?
Answer
Front-right area of the stage from audience view