Gaffer

A professional who shapes gather (gob of molten glass) into glassware by blowing through blowpipe. Responsibilities include: * Receives blowpipe from gatherer and examines gather ...

gaffer

Language; Dictionaries

An old fellow; an aged rustic.

gaffer

Language; Slang

An old man; a rustic old man. (From grandfather.) * Nobody out there but some old gaffer with a cane. * The old gaffer smiled and moved on.

coup de théâtre

Performing arts; Theatre

A sudden, surprising turn of events that gives a new twist to the plot of a play.

agon

Performing arts; Theatre

The contest or dispute between two characters which forms a major part of the action in the Greek old comedy of Aristophanes.

anagnorisis

Performing arts; Theatre

The Greek word for 'recognition' or 'discovery', used by Aristotle in his Poetics to denote the turning point in a drama at which a character (usually the protagonist) recognizes ...

anti-masque

Performing arts; Theatre

A comic and grotesque piece of clowning that sometimes preceded the performance of a masque.

academic drama

Performing arts; Theatre

A dramatic tradition which arose from the Renaissance, in which the works of Plautus, Terence and other ancient dramatists were performed in schools and colleges.

Colosseum

Performing arts; Theatre

The Colosseum is the most extensive and most magnificent in the amphitheatres of ancient Rome, begun by Vespasian and completed in AD 80 by Titus. It rose in Rome, near the palace ...