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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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community theatre
Performing arts; Theatre
In its modern sense, refers to organizations of amateurs in a particular region or community who produce and perform plays. Community theatre as we know it traces its beginnings to the turn of the ...
pageant
Performing arts; Theatre
In medieval times the word referred to the carts which were decorated by various guilds and used in processions on holidays. These carts were basically portable stages upon which stylized scenes from ...
protagonist
Performing arts; Theatre
In modern theatre, the leading actor of a play, who is often set in conflict with an antagonist. The term derives from ancient Greek theatre in which it described the first actor to speak. ...
orchestra pit
Performing arts; Theatre
In modern theatres, the sunken area immediately in front of the stage, designed to accomodate musicians.
climax
Performing arts; Theatre
Any moment of great intensity in a literary work, especially in drama.
cloth
Performing arts; Theatre
In the U.S., we refer to this as a "drop". Usually a painted piece of canvas or muslin flown in to represent scenery. It may also be of plain cloth or scrim material.
stage direction
Performing arts; Theatre
Indications in a script for entrances and exits, and for movement in relation to the set within a particular scene.