Theatre Unit 1
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- Q1
A stage in which the performance space sticks out into the house and the audience is seated on three sides
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a performance space in which the audience is seated in a circle around the stage
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Another version of Theatre in the Round but on a much larger scale
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a form of theatrical stage in which the audience is predominantly on two sides of the stage, facing towards each other
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a stage where the audience views the action only from the front of the stage
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the structure in the front of the stage that frames the action of the play. It can be squared, arched, and the stage curtain is generally behind it.
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the invisible barrier that separates the stage from the audience and through which the audience watches the action
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The backdrop or "drop" is a large drapery of painted canvas that provides the rear (or upstage) masking of the set
truefalseTrue or False30s - Q9
Legs are vertical curtains used to hide the "wings" (backstage area) from view and frames the audience view of the stage
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A curtain used to define the top limit of the stage and to mask or hide lights and unused scenery and curtains
Border
Traveler
Cyclorama
Grand Drape
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A gauzy and translucent curtain. It may be plain or painted. When the light is thrown on the front of it, it becomes opaque.
Teaser
Grand Drape
Cyclorama
Scrim
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Another name for a Border curtain. It often refers to the to the first masking curtain on stage
Scrim
Teaser
Cyclorama
Grand Drape
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A decorative, narrow curtain hung along the top of the proscenium arch on the side towards the audience
Teaser
Grand Drape
Scrim
Borders
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Solid white curtain at the rear of the performance area used to represent the sky, time of day, distant areas, or to create unique lighting affects.
Legs
Scrim
Cyclorama
Borders
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A tubular metal bar, sometimes known as a pipe, from which overhead lighting instruments, backdrops, and scenery can be attached to or hung
Batten
Floating stick in the sky
Pipe thing
Metal bar
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