Theatre

Theatre

Terms of or in relation to a collaborative form of fine art which uses live performances to express fictional or non-fictional stories to an audience in a particular place.

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Well-made play

Performing arts; Theatre

Originally a term used to describe a play that was well-plotted in the early 19th Century, the term evolved by the end of the century to mean a play in which the plot was artificially logical.

Tabs

Performing arts; Theatre

Originally called "tableaux drapes", but now used to mean any curtain or drapery defining the acting area. You'll often see them referred to in the notes contained in working scripts relative to ...

Limelight

Performing arts; Theatre

Originally derives from the lime, or calcium flare, first used in the early 19th Century, and which gave off a brilliant white light primarily used for illuminating the chief actor and follow him ...

Originally referred to popular plays in the late 18th and 19th centuries featuring incidental music. Generally involved gothic settings in which virtue triumphed over vice. In the modern sense, the ...

Naturalism

Performing arts; Theatre

Movement in the theatre of the late 19th Century which attempted to do away with artificialty or formalism of traditional theatre of the time. Gained world recognition through the work of Constantin ...

Expressionism

Performing arts; Theatre

Movement that began about 1910 and that has application in painting, music and literature as well as drama. The term was first used in 1901 by Auguste Herve to works he'd painted in reaction against ...