Drama Terms
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- an afternoon performance
- matinee
- to make up lines not in the script
- ad-lib
- the quality of sound in a building
- acoustics
- area where tickets may be purchased
- box office
- lines spoken directly to the audience rather than the fellow actors, who are assumed not to hear the lines
- aside
- to leave the stage
- exit
- conversation between or among characters
- dialogue
- director
- person in overall charge of a production
- clothing worn on stage by performers
- costume
- a signal which tells a performer when to speak or respond in a physical matter
- cue
- a form of drama with humorous content and a happy ending
- comedy
- a form of drama with a serious tone and an unhappy ending
- tragedy