Part 2

• Style


  a distinctive and unique manner in which a writer arranges words to achieve particular effects.
• Tragedy 


  a play that demonstrate a character's fall from grace, power, position or moral standing through his/her own actions
• Genre 


  a particular type or category of literature
• Text


  any printed words, including dialogue and the stage directions for the script.
• Articulation


  clear and precise pronunciations of words
• Plot


  ordered structure of a play as the action of progress through the story
• Crisis


  a decisive point in the plot of a play on where the outcome of the remaining action depends
• Act


  subdivision between sections of play
• Acting area


  That area within the performance space within which thw actor may move in full view of the audience. Also known as the playing area.
• Arena


  Form of stage where the audience are seated on at least two (normally three, or all four) side of the whole acting area
• Audition 


  Process where the director or casting director or a production asks actors/actresses/performers to show him/her what they can do.
• Backstage 


  the part of the stage and theatre which is out of the sight of audience
• Blocking


  the planning and working of the movements of actors on stage.
• Cast


  the members of the acting company
• Casting 


  the process of the director choosing actors to perform the characters in the play
• Costumes


  clothes worn by the actors onstage
• Cue


  the command given to technical departments to carry out a particular operation.
• Curtain call


  at the end of a performance, the acknowledgement of applause by actors—the bows.
• Downstage 


  the part of the stage nearest to the audience (the lowest part of the raked stage)
• Dress rehearsal 


  a full rehearsal, with all technical and creative elements brought together
• Interval


  Break between sections of a performance
• Offstage


  a movement towards the nearest side of the stage from the center
• Props

  (Properties) Furnishings, set drawings, and all items large and small which cannot be classified as scenery, electrics or wardrobe
• Stage Left/Right 


  Left/Right as seen from the actor's point of view on stage
• Upstage

  the part of the stage farthest from the audience