Theatre

Theatre

Terms of or in relation to a collaborative form of fine art which uses live performances to express fictional or non-fictional stories to an audience in a particular place.

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Greek poet from Icaria in Attica, usually considered the founder of drama, since he was the first to use an actor in his works, in addition to the chorus and its leader. He won the first Dionysian ...

foot iron

Performing arts; Theatre

Hardware mounted on the stage floor, that accomodates a stage screw for purposes of securing scenery to the stage.

mask

Performing arts; Theatre

Head-dress used to cover the face and enable the wearer to portray a particular character or animal. In theater, the term often refers to the masks worn by actors in Greek tragedy. Some accounts, ...

gallery

Performing arts; Theatre

In 19th century theatre, the highest and cheapest seats in the house; often consisting of simple benches without backs. Those who occupied the gallery were sometimes referred to as "the gods", and ...

kothornoi

Performing arts; Theatre

In addition to the masks worn by the actors in Greek tragedy, high-soled boots called kothornoi were employed to give them added height. An alternate spelling is cothurnus. The equivalent soft ...

mechane

Performing arts; Theatre

In ancient Greek theatre a crane-like device used to enable actors and pieces of scenery to appear to fly through the air or be lowered from the heavens. See, deus ex machina. From this term we ...

journeyman

Performing arts; Theatre

In Elizabethan theatre, members of a company who both acted and held an ownership interest in the company. Journeymen worked under a master in much the same manner as they had in medieval guilds.