Abram: Drama Vocabulary Quiz #1

The performance of a role

• acoustics

• act

• acting

• actor/actress

an afternoon performance of a play

• soliloquy

• scenery

• pastoral

• matinee

a signal which tells a performer when to speak or respond in a physical manner

• director

• dialogue

• cue

• ham

a circular or semicircular auditorium or outside area surrounded by raised seating

• amphitheater

• aside

• auditorium

• box office

a performance made up as it is performed

• improvisation

• matinee

• pastorial

• property

A legal ownership of a library work

• composition setting

• copyright

• costume

• cue

dealing with rural life in an idealized manner

• pastoral

• property

• scene

• set

a performer who overacts

• dialogue

• ham

• catharsis

• drama

the quality of sound transmission in a particular building

• ad lib

• aside

• acoustics

• acting

to leave the stage

• exit

• cue

• comedy

• catharsis