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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Prompt book

Performing arts; Theatre

The script used by the prompter to give actors their lines during rehearsals.

The slope of the stage from front to back. In Elizabethan theatre the rake of the stage developed so that the back of the stage was higher than the front in order to allow the actors in the back to ...

Colour frame

Performing arts; Theatre

The square metal frame that is designed to hold a coloured gel, and which is dropped into a holder attached to the front of a lighting instrument.

Grid

Performing arts; Theatre

The metal or wooden framework or gridiron suspended above the stage on which headblocks and pulleys are mounted through which are run the lines used to fly scenery, drops and lighting battens.

Action

Performing arts; Theatre

The movement or development of the plot, or storey in a play.

Proscenium

Performing arts; Theatre

The opening in a "picture frame" stage. Came into use in Restoration theatre, replacing the thrust stage of Elizabethan theatre and was a standard feature of stages from the 17th Century until open ...