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house—thus the expression, much loved by theatre managers everywhere—“full house.” Balcony: Strictly speaking, this is the second tier of seating in a theatre, elevated and protruding over the back rows of orchestra or main level seating. Backdrop: A large drapery of painted canvas that provides the rear or upstage masking of a set.
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.
a set cue can be where the set crew moves out one or more set pieces and moves in one or more others. CYC The cyc is the large piece of white (or off-white) material that is hung towards the back of the stage (upstage*).
box set: a set with three walls and a ceiling, leaving the fourth wall to be imagined by the actors. The box set represents a real room with doors and windows that work. breakaway: a prop that is specifically made to break at a certain point in a play.
action: The core of a theatre piece; the sense of forward movement created by the sequence of events and physical and psychological motivations of the characters.(Action/Reaction relates to cause and effect). actor: A person, male or female, who performs a role in a play or an entertainment. actor’s position: The orientation of the actor to ...
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GLOSSARY: THEATRE TERMS Putting it on the Stage: As the actors become comfortable with the performance, it’s time to put it all together on the stage. Load In: the process by which sets and props are moved onto the stage. A “load out” is when the set is removed from the stage. Tech Rehearsal: a rehearsal on the stage that integrates the
