- •Topical vocabulary general terminology
- •Audience and its reaction
- •Box office and tickets
- •Stage decoration. Property
- •Structure of the theatre
- •Success or failure
- •Theatre staff
- •Opera, ballet
- •Theatrical expressions
- •Translating the names of russian theatres / opera houses
- •Discussing a play
- •Illustration and training
- •Vocabulary and speech exercises
- •Text 1
- •Text 2
- •Text 3
- •Conversational practice
- •I. At the Box Office
- •1. Learn the following dialogues by heart.
- •2. Work in pairs.
- •II. In the Interval
- •1. Learn these dialogues by heart.
- •2. Refute the arguments of a traditionalist who thinks that all manner of effects are to be used on the stage to create the atmosphere of real life.
- •III. After the Theatre
- •V. Actors and Acting
- •1. Read this extract from the novel “Theatre” by w. S. Maugham. Find in the dialogue words and expressions that can be used in appraising an actor. Use them to describe a good actor.
- •2. Group Discussion.
- •3. Discuss the following:
- •4. Interview an actor or an actress.
- •VI. Theatre and Reality
- •Supplement
- •About london theatres drury lane theatre
- •Haymarket theatre
- •Covent garden theatre
- •Sadler's wells theatre
- •Old vic theatre
- •Aldwych theatre
- •National theatre
- •* * * Reference literature
- •Методические рекомендации по теме “Театр”
- •241036, Брянск, Бежицкая, 14
Stage decoration. Property
back drop (cloth) - a large curtain, usually painted to represent the sky, a landscape, or some other background
background - the setting or scenic display before which actors perform
decor - a French word used in English for stage decoration
scenery - the elements of a stage setting, especially those made of wood and canvas
acting property - a property ( a business, character, or hand property) used by an actor
hand property - a property which is handled by an actor on stage (such as a tray, a walking stick)
property - any object used on the stage, except scenery, lights, and costumes. Hence, property sword
furnishings
Structure of the theatre
aisle (gangway) - a passage between blocks of seats. Hence, aisle seat ( a seat next to an aisle)
amphitheatre - an auditorium in which a central arena is more or less surrounded by rising banks or seats
apron - the forestage, the part of the stage floor in front of the curtain line (called also apron-piece, apron-stage)
blind seat - a seat from which only part of the stage can be seen
check
cloak-room
dressing room
green room - a lounge offstage where actors may rest. Hence, green-room gossip, to talk greenroom (to indulge in theatre gossip)
house - an auditorium, a theatre, an audience. E. g.: an empty house, a full house, a sold out house, a good house
orchestra pit - a place assigned to musicians, in front of or partly under the stage
prompt-box
stage - platform on which the performance takes place. The actors come on (to the stage) and go off, or in other words, they make their entrances and exits.
go on the stage
on stage, off-stage, backstage
see on the stage
stage fright
stage door - the door at the back or side of the theatre used by actors and workmen
Success or failure
bad box office - said of a production unsuccessful in its appeal to the public, having a poor run. Ant. box-office success
death at the box office - said of a dramatic piece which seems likely not to succeed with the public
flop - an utter failure (as stage production or actor)
get over the footlights - to be a success (about a performance)
knock-out - a show which is or seems likely to become tremendously successful
play to capacity
Theatre staff
attendant - a theatrical employee, an usher. Hence, head usher, usherette
prompter - a person who is charged with prompting
stage-designer, costume designer
playwright, dramatist (formal)
make-up man
director, manager, producer
function |
B. E. (traditional) |
B. E. (modern) |
A. E. |
artistic (staging) |
producer |
director |
director |
administrative |
manager |
manager |
producer |
financial |
manager |
manager producer |
producer |
box-office manager - the person in charge of the sale of tickets
house manager - the person in charge of the house or auditorium
stage manager - the person who supervises the arrangement of scenery and props on the stage
Opera, ballet
conductor - a person who directs an orchestra, chorus, or the like
prima donna - a leading female singer in opera; pl. prime donna or prima donnas
ballet dancer
ballerina - a woman ballet-dancer, esp. one who takes one of the chief classical roles
choreographer, chorus-master, ballet-master/mistress
libretto - the words which soloist and chorus sing
librettist
soloist, chorus
soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, bass
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