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| A comedy with exaggerated characterizations, abundant physical or visual humor, and, often, an improbable plot. |
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| The overall structure or shape of a work that frequently follows and established design. Forms may refer to a literary type (e.g., narrative form, short-story form, dramatic form) or to pattern of meter, line, and rhymes (e.g., stanza form, verse form). |
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| Theatre that focuses on public performance in the front of an audience and in which the final production is most important. |
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| In literary and dramatic studies, genre refers to the main types of literary form, principally tragedy and comedy. The term can also refer to forms that are more specific to a given historical era, such as the revenge tragedy, or to more specific sub-genres of tragedy and comedy, such as the comedy of manners. |
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| An expressive movement of the body or limbs. |
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| Theatrical events in honor of the god Dionysus in Ancient Greece and included play competitions and a chorus of masked actors. |
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| A spontaneous style of theatre through which scenes are created without advance rehearsal or a script. |
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| A theatrical performance that focuses on small presentations, such as one taking place in a classroom setting. Usually, it is not intended for public view. |
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| One of the traditional forms of Japanese theatre, originating in the 1600’s and combining stylized acting, costumes, makeup, and musical accompaniment. |
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| The height of an actor’s head actor as determined by his or her body position (e.g., sitting, lying, standing, or elevated by an artificial means). |
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| Cosmetics and sometimes hairstyles that an actor wears on stage to emphasize facial features, historical periods, characterizations, and so forth. |
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| Coverings worn over the face or part of the face of an actor to emphasize or neutralize facial characteristics. |
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| A dramatic form popular in the 1800s and characterized by an emphasis on plot and physical action (versus characterization), cliff-hanging events, heart- |
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| An incident art form based on pantomime in which conventionalized gestures are used to express ideas rather than represent actions; also, a performer of mime. |
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| A long speech by a single character. |
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| A character’s reason for doing or saying things in a play. |
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| A type of entertainment containing music, songs, and, usually, dance. |
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| One of the traditional forms of Japanese theatre in which masked male actors use highly stylized dance and poetry to tell stories. |
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| A character’s goal or intention |
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| The tempo of an entire theatrical performance. |
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| Acting without words through facial expression, gesture, and movement. |
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| The highness or lowness of voice |
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| The stage representation of an action or a story; a dramatic composition. |
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| A person who writes plays. |
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| The orientation of the actor to the audience (e.g., full front, right profile, left profile). |
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| The placement and delivery of volume, clarity, and distinctness of voice for communicating to an audience. |
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Items carried on stage by an actor; small items on the set used by the actors.
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| The view of the stage for the audience; also called a proscenium arch. The archway is in a sense the frame for stage as defined by the boundaries of the stage beyond which a viewer cannot see. |
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| The main character of a play and the character with whom the audience identifies most strongly. |
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| Almost anything brought to life by human hands to create a performance. Types of puppets include rod, hand, and marionette. |
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| Practice sessions in which the actors and technicians prepare for public performance through repetition. |
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