Types of plays
Tragedy
Comedy
Tragi-comedy
Farce
Drama / straight play (non-formal)
Historical play / drama
Musical
Thriller
Vaudeville / a comic scetch with songs
Operetta
Musical comedy
Ballet
Opera
Script ,
Play
Box-office play ""
Repertoire
Concert
Buying tickets
Box-office
Ticket agency
To buy tickets at the box-office / at a ticket agency
To buy / to reserve tickets in advance /
To reserve tickets by phone /
To line (AmE) / to queue (BrE) for returns
Standing ticket / room ( )
Complimentary ticket (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 ''
f.e. Have you got if only one extra ticket? ?
To buy tickets for the theatre
To buy / get tickets for King Lear
To buy / get tickets for Sunday
Seating plan
"House full" ()
Box-office returns
To be on ( , )
f.e. A new play is on at Drama theatre tonight.
To run , (-
f.e. We've been running this comedy for 3 months.
Ticket racketeers / ticket sharks ; ,
Poster / Bill-board (AmE)
Theatre inside, the building and the services
Foyer / lobby / crush room
Cloakroom
Opera glasses
Programme
Refreshment room -
Buffet / bar
Auditorium / house
Full house
Stalls
Pit / parquet circle
Dress circle / (AmE) balcony, mezzanine
Box, in the box ,
Orchestra stalls -
in the orchestra ~
Balcony
in / on the ~
Upper circle
Tier [tıə]
Gallery / "the gods"
Row
on the front ~
on the back ~
in the fifth row
Seat
Aisle [eıl] -
Stage
Revolving stage
Proscenium
Orchestra pit
Curtain
draw ~ - ~
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fly ~ - ~
tableau ~ (bunching up sideways ~
Wings
from behind the wings -
f.e. She came out from behind the wings. - .
Footlights
Prompter box
Spot / spotlight
Property department
Catwalk (bridge) ( ,
Scenery
Set
Backcloth / backdrop / background
Property / furnishings
Performances -
To cast
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
Supporting part / minor role
Cast
First-rate cast
All-star cast
What is performed in the theatre.
Play / production / performance
Play a story that is written to be performed by actors in a theatre
Production that version of the play which the director creates for the presentation on the stage.
Performance a single enactment, an act of performing a play, a piece of music, etc. in the presence of the public.
Act one of the parts that a long play is divided into, which is further, subdivided into scenes.
Scene 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 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.
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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
Dress rehearsal
Behind the scenes, behind the wings -
First appearance
Matinée -
First night / premiere
Curtain (rises up, falls) ( )
Lights (go down, go up) (, )
Crowd scenes
Curtain call ( )
Encore [a:ŋ'kɔ:]
People watching the production
Spectator
Audience (AmE countable, BrE uncountable) ,
Public
Theatre-goer / theatre-enthusiast / theatre lover
Critic
Touring company
Summer tour
To applaud
Applause
Storm of applause
To burst into applause
To clap
To be a success with the public
To be a complete failure
To be a hit of the season ' '
To be a flop ,
To have a successful run
To have a long run ()
Theatrical season is in full swing. .