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Theatre and Film Vocabulary

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  • The bad guy, the person who is an obstacle to the protagonist:
    antagonist
  • It's where actors perform in a theatre:
    stage
  • In a play, actors have to follow a:
    script
  • A synonym for goal, which is very important for actors, is the O______ or T______
    objective or target
  • When actors study and go over the text:
    rehearse
  • Plays and films are usually divided into three (or 5) of these:
    acts
  • When you go to the theatre, you go to see a:
    play
  • A play that ends with a death
    tragedy
  • The technical team (lighting, sound, etc.)
    crew
  • The things that have happened to a character before the main action:
    background
  • The person who writes plays:
    playwright
  • The person who tells actors what to do in plays and films:
    director
  • All the actors in a theatre play are the:
    cast
  • Objects used by actors on stage
    props (properties)
  • The people in a play are called the:
    characters
  • Area for musicians (in musicals)
    orchestra pit
  • The hero of the story is the:
    protagonist or main character
  • If the characters in a play start to sing and dance, it's not a play, it's a:
    musical
  • Area behind the stage for actors and crew
    backstage
  • A humorous play with a happy ending
    comedy
  • A play (or part of a play) where a character talks to the audience for a long time:
    monologue
  • if the characters sing in italian or german, you're seeing an:
    opera
  • An interaction between two characters:
    dialogue
  • What do you call the area where the action takes place?
    setting
  • When there is no script, we are talking about:
    improv