(S24) Ancient Greek and Elizabethan Theatre + Theatre Terms | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

In what play does Shakespeare use the word "hand" 27 times?

Twelfth Night, Or What You Will

In proscenium theatres, these are the private seating areas set in the balcony above the orchestra.

BOXES

This is a type of set design in which flats (painted scenery) form the back and side walls, and sometimes even the ceiling, of a room. Actors make entrances and exits through doors in these walls.

BOX SET

This is a booth where theatre tickets are sold.

BOX OFFICE

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

This is the name for spectators in Shakespeare’s time who could not afford seats and stood for the entire performance in the open-pit area in front of the stage.

GROUNDLINGS

These are very high ceilings behind the proscenium arch of a theatre used to house scenery that is “flown” up and down on a system of pulleys to change the sets.

FLY SPACES

The area of the stage closest to the audience in proscenium or thrust staging.

DOWNSTAGE

These are areas on the periphery of the playing area that can be masked to hide actors, technicians, props, and scenery.

WINGS

This is the area to the actor’s right when standing center stage, facing the audience on a proscenium or thrust stage.

STAGE RIGHT

This is the area of the stage farthest from the audience in proscenium or thrust staging.

UPSTAGE

This is a Shakespearean/Elizabethan theatrical convention involving a lengthy solo speech through which a character reveals an interior state of mind.

SOLILOQUY

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

This is a Shakespearean/Elizabethan theatrical convention involving short comments that reveal a character’s inner thoughts to the audience, often with comic effect.

ASIDES

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.

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

This is a still-in-use ancient Greek theatre that has perfect acoustics.

EPHIDARUS