Theatre / Play Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• play : a piece of work written in dialogue form usually with a beginning, middle, and end, broken into one or more acts
• comedy : a light and amusing play that typically has a happy ending
• cast : the ensemble of actors who portray the roles in a play
• director : the person who oversees the entire process of staging a play
• house : the area in a theater where the audience sits
• plot : the sequence of events in a play
• theme : the underlying meaning of a play or literary work
• diction : the actor's ability to be understood
• conflict : the action when two opposing forces meet
• blocking : actors' movement on stage
• tableau : a still image or frozen moment created by posing still bodies
• intention : what the character wants from the other characters in a scene
• actor : the person portraying a role on-stage
• cue : the signal an actor receives or uses to begin a line or movement
• role : a part or character that an actor interprets for a performance
• scene : the basic structural element of a play
• playwright : a person who writes dialogue in the form of a play
• set : physical environment in which the actors perform
• props : physical items an actor interacts with on stage
• rehearsal : time for the actors to practice a play for performance
• tragedy : a form of a play or theater where the main character suffers a reverse or downfall
• act : the major sections of a play