CROSSWORD PUZZLE: THEATRE TERMS

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ACROSS explore the character’s private prohibits interaction between
thoughts the two groups
3. Unspoken thoughts of a
19. Material most commonly used 4. Final scene of a play when the
character delivered directly to
in the construction of the flats plot is unraveled and the play is
the audience with the other
20. A signal for the stage manager brought to a tidy conclusion
characters onstage but unable
that puts into action a shift in 5. The bulb inside a lighting
to hear what is being said
lights, sound or scenery instrument
6. Stage area in front of the
22. The right and left side of the 7. A stage that is built on an
proscenium
backstage area upward slant
10. Speech or short scene that
23. In musicals, a repetition of 8. In musicals, to continue at once
follow the main action of a play
a song or dance with some from one musical cue to the
11. To help an actor with his lines
variation next
when he is fumbling with them
24. The stage picture created if 9. The outlining frame of the stage
12. The part of the theater where
the actors were to become opening that separates the
the audience sits
motionless onstage house from the stage
14. Outline of the plot of a dramatic
25. Member of a theater company 13. Overplaying or extending a
work, giving particulars as to the
who acts as a script consultant scene to get as much reaction
scenes, characters, situations,
on a production as you can from your audience
etc.
17. A young and innocent female
15. In a theatre context, the DOWN actor or character
place where the play will be
1. Speech or short scene 18. To secure a set piece to the
performed
preceding the main action of the stage floor
16. Inner thoughts of a character
play that sets a mood 21. A small wheel used on scenery
spoken alone onstage to
2. An imaginary wall between the and scenic equipment for ease
actors and the audience that of moving on and off stage

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