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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rehearsal

Performing arts; Theatre

Session during which the director works with the cast and crew, preparing a play for production before an audience.

Term applied to the last two plays of Aristophanes in ancient Greek theatre, and to those of his immediate successors in the early and middle 4th Century B.C. Plays of the Middle Comedy emphasized ...

built stuff

Performing arts; Theatre

Set pieces or scenery which are built or constructed especially for a production.

kitchen-sink drama

Performing arts; Theatre

Term coined in 1950's British theatre to refer to plays in which the characters were less affluent than those of conventional drama -- spending their time going about domestic tasks such as washing ...

monodrama

Performing arts; Theatre

Short solo piece for one actor or actress supported by a chorus or silent figures.

grease-paint

Performing arts; Theatre

Term for make-up with an oil or "grease" base. Grease-paint sticks replaced powder based makeup after their invention in the 1860's by Ludwig Leichner, a Wagnerian opera-singer.