Types of plays – виды пьес
Tragedy – трагедия
Comedy – комедия
Tragi-comedy – трагикомедия
Farce – фарс
Drama / straight play (non-formal) – драма
Historical play / drama – историческая драма
Musical – мюзикл
Thriller – триллер
Vaudeville / a comic scetch with songs – водевиль
Operetta – оперетта
Musical comedy – музыкальная комедия
Ballet – балет
Opera –опера
Script – либретто, сценарий
Play – пьеса
Box-office play – "кассовая" пьеса
Repertoire – репертуар
Concert – концерт
Buying tickets – покупка билетов
Box-office – касса
Ticket agency – межтеатральные билетные кассы
To buy tickets at the box-office / at a ticket agency – покупать билеты в кассе
To buy / to reserve tickets in advance – покупать / бронировать билеты заранее
To reserve tickets by phone – бронировать / заказывать билеты по телефону
To line (AmE) / to queue (BrE) for returns – стоять в очереди за оставшимися или возвращаемыми билетами
Standing ticket / room – входной билет (без места)
Complimentary ticket – пригласительный билет (free ticket given, for example, to theatre critics of newspapers)
House seats – the seats kept for leading actors to invite anyone they wish
Extra ticket – 'лишний' билет
f.e. Have you got if only one extra ticket? – Нет ли у вас хотя бы одного лишнего билета?
To buy tickets for the theatre – покупать билет в театр
To buy / get tickets for King Lear – покупать билет на Короля Лира
To buy / get tickets for Sunday – покупать билет на воскресенье
Seating plan – план зрительного зала
"House full" – все билеты проданы (объявление)
Box-office returns – кассовые сборы
To be on – идти (о пьесе, фильме в определенный день)
f.e. A new play is on at Drama theatre tonight.
To run – демонстрировать, показывать (какой-то период
f.e. We've been running this comedy for 3 months.
Ticket racketeers / ticket sharks – театральные барышники; лица, спекулирующие билетами
Poster / Bill-board (AmE) – афиша
Theatre inside, the building and the services
Foyer / lobby / crush room – фойе
Cloakroom – гардероб
Opera glasses – театральный бинокль
Programme – программа
Refreshment room - буфет
Buffet / bar – буфет
Auditorium / house – зрительный зал
Full house – полный зал
Stalls – партер
Pit / parquet circle – амфитеатр
Dress circle / (AmE) balcony, mezzanine – бельэтаж
Box, in the box – ложа, в ложе
Orchestra stalls - первые ряды партера
in the orchestra ~ – в первых рядах партера
Balcony – балкон
in / on the ~ на балконе
Upper circle – первый ярус
Tier [tıə] – ярус
Gallery / "the gods" – галерка
Row – ряд
on the front ~ в первом ряду
on the back ~ в последнем ряду
in the fifth row – в пятом ряду
Seat – место
Aisle [eıl] - проход между рядами
Stage – сцена
Revolving stage – вращающаяся сцена
Proscenium – авансцена
Orchestra pit – оркестровая яма
Curtain – занавес
draw ~ - раздвигающийся в стороны ~
fly ~ - поднимающийся вверх ~
tableau ~ (bunching up sideways – вверх и в стороны раздвигающийся ~
Wings – кулисы
from behind the wings – из-за кулис
f.e. She came out from behind the wings. – Она вышла из-за кулис.
Footlights – рампа
Prompter box – суфлерская будка
Spot / spotlight – лампа – софит
Property department – отдел реквизита
Catwalk (bridge) – мостки над сценой (для управления лампами, декорациями и для сценических эффектов
Scenery – декорации
Set – декорация к определенной сцене
Backcloth / backdrop / background – задник
Property / furnishings – реквизит
Performances - спектакли
To cast – выбирать актеров на роли
To act / to appear / to be in / to perform / to play
To act – to perform in a play, especially as a job
f.e. He had always wanted to act. Julia always enjoyed acting.
To appear / to be in – to act in a particular play.
f.e. This young actor will be appearing in a new play this autumn.
Who is in the new play at the National Theatre?
To perform a play / to pantomime – to act in it for people to watch.
f.e. The children perform a Christmas pantomime every year.
A group of actors performed a series of medieval plays.
To play – to act as a particular character in a play
f.e. V. Vysotsky played Hamlet in the Taganka production of the play.
To star / to co-star / to play the lead (the leading / title role) – to be the main actor in a play
Leading part / title role – главная роль
Supporting part / minor role – роль второстепенного персонажа
Cast – состав исполнителей на данный спектакль
First-rate cast – первоклассный состав исполнителей
All-star cast – звездный состав исполнителей
What is performed in the theatre.
Play / production / performance
Play – пьеса – a story that is written to be performed by actors in a theatre
Production – постановка – that version of the play which the director creates for the presentation on the stage.
Performance – спектакль – a single enactment, an act of performing a play, a piece of music, etc. in the presence of the public.
Act – акт – one of the parts that a long play is divided into, which is further, subdivided into scenes.
Scene – сцена – a part of a play (an act) in which there is no change in time or place.
f.e. The play consists of three acts and five scenes.
To stage / to put on / to present / to direct / to do the play
To stage / to put on a play – ставить пьесу – to arrange and perform a play or show, especially one that needs a lot of planning and costs a lot of money, it is used with reference to the artistic side including the administrative and financial side.
f.e. Michael staged several plays by young authors at this theatre.
It costs a lot of money to put on a musical.
To present a play – to provide money and arrange for a play, show, etc. to be performed. It is used with reference to the company and the management.
f.e. The National Theatre is presenting King Lear later this month.
To direct a play – to be in charge of a theatrical production, casting, rehearsing actors and ordering movements on the stage.
f.e. Peter Hall directed the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
To produce a play – is wider in its application than to direct referring to the organization and/or financing of a production.
f.e. The Sovremennik company have always tend to produce modern plays.
To do a play – an informal verb meaning to arrange and perform a play, show or a concert.
f.e. They've been doing The Merchant of Venice at the local theatre for two weeks.
Rehearsal – репетиция
Dress rehearsal – генеральная репетиция
Behind the scenes, behind the wings - за кулисами
First appearance – дебют
Matinée - утренний спектакль
First night / premiere – премьера
Curtain (rises up, falls) – занавес (поднимается опускается)
Lights (go down, go up) – свет (гаснет, зажигается)
Crowd scenes – массовые сцены
Curtain call – вызов актеров на сцену публикой (после спектакля)
Encore [a:ŋ'kɔ:] – вызов на бис
People watching the production
Spectator – зритель
Audience (AmE countable, BrE uncountable) – публика, зрительская аудитория
Public – публика
Theatre-goer / theatre-enthusiast / theatre lover – театрал
Critic – критик
Touring company – гастролирующая труппа
Summer tour – летние гастроли
To applaud – аплодировать
Applause – аплодисменты
Storm of applause – буря аплодисментов
To burst into applause – взорваться аплодисментами
To clap – хлопать
To be a success with the public – иметь успех у публики
To be a complete failure – полный провал
To be a hit of the season – 'гвоздь сезона'
To be a flop – провал, не оправдавший ожиданий
To have a successful run – иметь успешный прокат
To have a long run – (пьеса) долго идет
Theatrical season is in full swing. – Театральный сезон в полном разгаре.
