Vocabulary

cast (n, v)	repertory company/theatre
cast list	types of theatres
casting	civic theatre
company	commercial theatre
do/put on/produce (a play)	private theatre
drama	regional theatre
drama class/course/club	subsidized theatre
drama critic	types of play
drama school	comedy
drama student	farce
dramatic art	historical play/drama
dramatist	musical comedy
first night/first performance	musical
go to the theatre	straight play
matinee	thriller
playwright	tragedy
repertory, repertoire	tragic-comedy
in repertory/repertoire	variety show
the stage version	The Bolshoi Theatre
on the stage	The Children’s Theatre
performance	The Drama Theatre
morning performance	The Mariinsky Theatre
afternoon performance	The Moscow Art Theatre
evening performance	The Musical Comedy Theatre
premiere	The Puppet Theatre
production	The Opera House
theatre	The Opera and Ballet Theatre
theatre party	The Variety Theatre
theatregoer	The Young people’s Theatre

1. Give your associations with the word “Theatre”.

Troupe, House full, Encore, A…, T…, R…, E…

2.What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘theatre’?Fill in the mind map.

3. Translate the following sentences from English into Russian.

1. I’m very interested in the theatre.

2. He’s written several books on the Elizabethan theatre.

3. She has devoted her life to the theatre.

4. It’s interesting but it’s not good theatre.

5. There are a lot of good theatres in Moscow.

6. A new theatre is being built in the city centre.

7. I’ll see you outside the theatre at a quarter past seven.

8. David’s organizing/arranging a theatre party.

9. I’m very interested in drama.

10. He’s written several books on Elizabethan drama.

11. The Gorky Theatre is considered by many people to be the best in Saint Petersburg.

12. The Royal Shakespeare Company are divided between the country and the capital, playing concurrently at two theatres for most of the year.

13. The Royal Shakespeare Company are doing three of the history plays/histories this reason.

14. Straight plays do not usually run as long as farces and musicals.

15. - Have you seen “My Fair Lady”?

- You mean the stage version?

- No, the film. I didn’t think you were old enough to have seen it on the stage.

4. Fill in the table with the definitions and exemplary sentences given below.

Definition	Example
THEATRE
DRAMA

Definitions:

• The type of play or film

• A building, room, or outside structure with rows of seats from which people can watch a performance

• A play in a theatre or on television or radio

• The writing or performance of plays, opera, etc., written to be performed in public

• Plays and acting generally

Exemplary sentences:

• She made her career in the theatre.

• She studied English and drama at college.

• She’s been in several television dramas.

• Yesterday we watched a historical drama.

• The Lyceum Theatre was renovated last spring.

NOTE

*Mind the use. E.g. I’m interested in drama/the theatre.