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Eccyclema (ekkylema)
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| wheeled cart that brought on bodies. |
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| 3 sided object that spun to change the scene. |
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(Dues Ex) Machina
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| God from the machine, makes everything right. |
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| Steeply ranked seating area for the audience in a Greek theatre. |
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| the circular area on which the majority of the action of the play took place. |
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| wall or fascade to hide backstage action. |
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| long, high walls that extend on either side of and parallel with the skene. |
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| a collumned arch that supported a porch like projection from the upper floor to the skene. |
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| Roman term for auditorium. |
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| an elaborately decorated facade or wall that was located at the rear of the stage. |
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| Front curtain that in early Roman theatres was lowered into a slot. |
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| Back curtain that covered the back of the stage and provided a background. |
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| Canvas ovelay on ropes and pulleys to cover the audience. |
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Platform Stage
{Medieval} |
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| Stages constructed ajacent to churches to teach religous doctrine. |
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| a bare platform backed with a plain curtain mounted on a wagon. |
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| Small scenic representations of the standard locations. |
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| The open acting area in front of the mansions. |
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| The name used to describe the stage machinery. |
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Forced Perspective
{Renaissance 1500-1650} |
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| A process that creates apparent depth in asset by angling the horizontal line. |
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Raked Stage
{Renaissance 1500-1650} |
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| A stage that is higher at the back than the front. |
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Stock Sets
{Renaissance 1500-1650} |
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| Scenery designed to visually support a generalized location rather than a specific one. |
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Drop
{Renaissance 1500-1650} |
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| A large expanse of cloth, ussually muslin or scenic canvas, on which something is usually painted. |
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Pit
{Renaissance 1500-1650} |
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| The ground in front of the stage where the lower class audience stood to watch the play. |
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Inner Below
{Renaissance 1500-1650} |
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| The curtained area at the upstage edge of the playing area. |
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Inner Above
{Renaissance 1500-1650} |
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| The elevated area located directly above the inner below. |
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Apron
{Renaissance 1500-1650} |
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| The flat extension of the stage floor that projects from the proscenium arch towards the audience. |
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Wings
{Renaissance 1500-1650} |
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| The offstage space adjacent to the stage in a proscenium arch theatre. |
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| The flat extension of the stage floor that projects from the proscenuum arch towards the audience. |
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Borders
{Modern 1650-1900} |
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| Wide,short, ftramed or unframed cloth drops suspended over the stage to prevent the audience from seeing above the stage. |
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Elevator Traps
{Modern 1650-1900} |
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| A small elevator used to shift small pieces of scenery, or actor from under the stage. |
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Elevator Stage
{Modern 1650-1900} |
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| A large elevator used to shift large scenic elements or whole sets between above and beneath stage. |
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Revolving Stage
{Modern 1650-1900} |
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| Generally refrers to a revolve that is built into the stage floor as part of a theatres permenent equitment. |
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Concentric Revolving Stage
{Modern 1650-1900}
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| A revolving stage with, usually, two sections, one rotating inside the other. |
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Found Space
{Modern 1650-1900}
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| Structures that was originally designed for some other space and converted into a theatre performing space. |
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Proscenium
{Modern 1650-1900} |
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| A stage configuration in which the spectators watch the action through an arch angular opening. |
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Thrust
{Modern 1650-1900} |
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| A stage projecting into, and surronded on three sides by the audience. |
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| A stage completely surronded by the audience. |
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