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Box set A set with three walls leaving the fourth wall to be imagined. The box set can represent a real room with doors and windows that work. Brechtian Drama influenced by the theory and practice of the twentieth century German theatre practitioner Bertolt Brecht.
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GLOSSARY OF COMMON THEATRE TERMS visible. Balancing lighting levels behind and in front of the scrim is an effective way to create interesting visual effects and transitions. Set: The scenery for a scene or entire production. In the latter case it is often known as a “unit set”
box set Naturalistic setting of a complete room built from flats with only the side nearest the audience (the fourth wall) missing. A single static box set that represents more than one room is called a COMPOSITE SET (for example if the living room and the kitchen are both on stage permanently).
Box set A set with three walls leaving the fourth wall to be imagined. The box set can represent a real room with doors and windows that work. Business Physical activity used to show character, fill a pause in dialogue, or establish a scene. It is often unscripted or improvised and sometimes comic in intention. A playwright
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Sound term. A piece of equipment which ampilifies or increases the sound captured by a microphone or replayed from record, CD or tape. Each loudspeaker needs a separate amplifier. Apron. In a traditional theatre, the part of the stage which projects in front of the curtain.
Theatre Terms. As a service to the theatre community, AACT provides over 1000 definitions of theatrical terms. Fully searchable, our glossary is helpful for technical staff, directors, actors, producers, or anyone wanting to better understand the inner workings of theatre.
BLACK BOX. Short for “Black Box Theatre”, which is a small theatre that is usually just one large, windowless room. The walls are painted black and the drapes are black, hence the name. The audience is usually set up on risers, which allows for different configurations for the stage space – proscenium*, thrust* or theatre-in-the-round.
