THEATRE 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Site-Specific Theatre, Black Box Theater, Social Actions
7 Apr 2016
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Plot- the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence. Stage directions- an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting. Thought-an idea or opinion produced by thinking or occurring suddenly in the mind. Character- a person in a novel, play, or movie. Music- the written or printed signs representing vocal or instrumental sound. Diction- the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. Dithyramb- a wild choral hymn of ancient greece, especially one dedicated to dionysus. Orchestra- the part of a theater where the orchestra plays, typically in front of the stage and on a lower level than the audience. Skene- , the skene was the background building to which the platform stage was connected, in which costumes were stored.
