Drama Glossary
Key theatre terms and definitions including related shows.
An indigenous orchestra specific to Bali and Java, largely made up of percussion instruments.
The processes for problem-solving through creativity, play, and spontaneity.
To deliberately manipulate someone and force them to question their own feelings, perceptions, and/or sanity.
Heat-resistant plastic filters used to color conventional lights, brands include Rosco, Lee, and GAM.
General Education, the academic requirements outside a college student’s major.
The purposeful killing of many people from a particular country or ethnic group
The category that a play falls under, based on the type of characters, story, and writing style. Comedy and drama are the two major categories of genre.
An era in Japanese history from 1688 to the third month of 1704 under the reigning emperor Higashiyama-tennō.
A period in British history named after the Hanoverian Kings George I, George II, George III, and George IV (1714 - 1847).
The initial idea that a play develops from. It can be a literal image or an idea.
The Nazi secret police, notorious for their cruelty and brutal methods.
A gesture is a movement of any part of the body that helps to express an idea.