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Theater
Since Many Analogy Questions feature technical terms from Theater, which even students with strong general vocabulary, may not be aware of, this chapter gives such a list of words from Theater for the benefit of all the students.
Acrobat: expert performer of physical feats
Act: a major division of a play
Amphitheater: a round, outdoor space with raised steps around a stage
Apron: section of stage floor closest to audience
Aside: actor’s lines spoken to audience, not to other actors
Audition: brief trial performance held to appraise an actor’s musician’s talent or suitability
Auditorium: room, hall or building used for performances
Backdrop: curtain painted as scenery hung at the rear of the stage
Backstage: wings, dressing rooms and other areas out of the audience view
Barnstormer: traveling actor
Bill: performance or piece shown in the theater
Burlesque: satire, a variety entertainment featuring comic skits, striptease or magic
Cabaret: dancing, skits performed in a bar or a café
Cameo: small role played by a famous actor
Cast: a set of actors in a play
Chorus: a group of singers
Circuit: locations at which a touring company gives dramatically performances
Circus: traveling troupe of acrobats, clowns and trained animals
Contortionist: circus acrobat capable of assuming unnatural positions
Costume: an actor’s dress
Cue: a word or phrase or action signaling an actor’s line, entrance or exit
Debut: an actor’s first performance
Denouement: final resolution of a story’s plot
Diva: leading woman singer in a grant opera
Ensemble: a group of actors performing together
Epilogue: brief section at the conclusion of a play
Extra: an actor in a minor, non-speaking role
Farce: low comedy based on absurd situation
Finale: final scene or musical number of a performance
Harlequin: masked, comic character
Histrionic: acting in a highly theatrical and in a exaggerated style
Impresario: manage or director of a theater company
Improvisation: unrehearsed or impromptu performance
Intermission: interval between acts
Masque: elaborate costume play
Melodrama: dramatic form that exaggerate emotions
Mime: actor who uses gesture and bodily movements to silently portray a character
Monologue: speech delivered at length by one actor
Mug: to make exaggerated, often comic, facial expression while acting
Musical: light dramatic entertainment featuring musical interludes
Pantomime: performance without spoken words
Plot: arrangement of narrative events in a play
Premiere: first performance of a play
Preview: performance of a play before its official opening
Prima Donna: principal woman singer
Prompt: to supply an actor with a forgotten line
Repertoire: stock of plays performed by a company
Revue: series of comic kits, songs, dances
Scenario: outline of a play’s action
Scene: uninterrupted action within a play
Skit: short, informal comic piece
Slapstick: low comedy dependant ob physical humor
Soliloquy: monologue expressing a character’s inner thoughts addressed to the audience
Stooge: comic foil
Tableau: stage pictures created by actors posing motionless
Thespian: an actor
Troubadour: wandering medieval singer
Understudy: actor versed in another’s part, ready to step in if needed
Usher: theater attendant who guides audience members to their seats
Vaudeville: theatrical entertainment that features a variety of performance
Vaudevillian: performer of comic roles
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