Glossary of Dramatic Terms
Contents
A-B
Absurdism
Act [of a play]
Aestheticism (or Art for Art's Sake)
Ag¯on
Alexandrine Couplets
"Alienation Effect"
Allegory
Allusion
Anachronism
Antiquarianism
Apron
Artistic Director
Asides
Aulos
Autos Sacramentales
Bible-Cycle Plays
Black Comedy
"Book"
Boulevard
Box-Set
Breeches Roles
Burlesque
C
Caricature
Carros
Catharsis
Choral Lyric
Choral Speech
Chorus
Collective Creation
Comedia Capa y Espada
Comédie Française
Comédies Rosses
Comedy
Comedy of Manners
Commedia dell'arte
Commedia Erudita
Company
Convention
Corrales
Cross-Dressing
D
Dada
Determinism
Dialect
Dialectic Argument
Dialogue
Didactic Theatre
Director
Dithyramb
Double-Casting
Double Entendre
Downstage-Centre
Dramaturgy
Dumb-Show
E
Epic Drama
Epic Poetry
Epilogue
Episodic Plot
Existentialism
Expressionism
F-H
Fairytale
Farce
Folio Edition
Forestage
Fringe Theatre
Furies
Gallery
Harlequinades
History Play
Humorous Comedy
I-L
Iambic Dialogue
Illegitimate Theatre
Improvisation
Interlude
Irony
Jeu
Lazzi
Legitimate Theatre
Liturgical Drama
M
Make-up
Mansion
Mask
Masques
Melodrama
Minstrel Show
Miracle Play
Mise en Scène
Modernism
Monologue
Morality Play
Mumming
Musical Theatre
Mystery Play
N-O
Naturalism
Neoclassical Dramaturgy
Neoclassicism
New Comedy
Old Comedy
Operetta
Orchestra
P
Pageant-Wagons
Panathenaia
Pantomime
Parable
Parody
Passion Play
Pastoral Drama
Personal Agency
Playwright-in-Residence
Plot
Poetic Prose Dramas
Postmodernism
Proagon
Proscenium
Protagonist
Q-R
Quarto
Realism
Repertoire
Repertory
Restoration Comedy
Role-Playing
Romance
Romanticism
S
Saint's Play
Satire
Satyr Play
Scenography
Score
Screenplay
Set Design
Situation Comedy
Sk¯en¯e
"Social Problem" Plays
Sound-scape
Stage Design
Stage Directions
Stichomythia
Stock Characters
Sturm und Drang
Subplot
Surrealism
Symbolism
Symbolist Theatre
T
Tableaux
Theatron
Tragedy
Tragic Tetralogy
Tragi-Comedy
U-W
Unities [of action, time and place]
Vomitorium
Weimar Classicism
Word-Scenery
Working-Class Tragedy
Workshop
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