In proscenium theatres, these are the private seating areas set in the balcony above the orchestra.
BOXES
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This is a moment during a play that deliberately draws attention to the craft of performance (i.e. the art of theatre), and is a convention Shakespeare used extensively in his plays to promote his artform.
METATHEATRICALITY
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This is the area to the actorโs right when standing center stage, facing the audience on a proscenium or thrust stage.
STAGE RIGHT
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This is the area of the stage farthest from the audience in proscenium or thrust staging.
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In Ancient Greek drama, this is a term used for any dramatic device outside of the main action used to bring the play to a final resolution.
DEUS EX MACHINA
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In what play does Shakespeare use the word "hand" 27 times?
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
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This is a performance space, usually painted black, that permits the rearrangement of seating and playing areas for every production in a variety of traditional and non-traditional arrangements.
BLACK BOX THEATRE
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Name six conventions of Ancient Greek drama.
Deus ex Machina, masks, violence off stage, single-gender (male) cast, chorus, wooden phalluses, singing, dancing, musical instruments on stage.
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This is a booth where theatre tickets are sold.
BOX OFFICE
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This is a Shakespearean/Elizabethanย theatrical convention involving short comments that reveal a characterโs inner thoughts to the audience, often with comic effect.
ASIDES
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These are very high ceilings behind the proscenium arch of a theatre used to house scenery that is โflownโ up and down on a system of pulleys to change the sets.
FLY SPACES
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These are areas on the periphery of the playing area that can be masked to hide actors, technicians, props, and scenery.
WINGS
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This is a Shakespearean/Elizabethan theatrical convention involving a lengthy solo speech through which a character reveals an interior state of mind.