Reader’s Digest Canada – September 2019

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1. green room—B:back-
   stage room for actors to
   relax in; as, Shortly before
   curtain time, most of the
   cast was drinking water
   and stretching in the
   green room.


2. blocking—C: position-
   ing of performers on
   stage; as, Marnie found
   the blocking directions
   difficult to decipher and
   wound up standing in
   the wrong place.


3. entr’acte—B: inter-
   mission; as, Zak spent
   the entr’acte having a
   drink in the lobby.


4. claque—A: group paid
   to applaud a performance;
   as, Hiring a claque can
   influence the opinion of
   the audience.


5. soliloquy—C: speaking
   to oneself; as, A skillfully
   delivered soliloquy pro-
   vides a fascinating view of
   a character’s inner turmoil.


6. corpsing—B: having
   an uncontrollable giggle

The Importance of Being

Earnest is one of his most

popular farces.

13. gobo—C: plate affixed
    to a spotlight that projects
    patterns; as, Imani used
    rotating gobos to simulate
    twinkling stars.


14. underscoring—
    B: music playing during
    dialogue; as, Right on
    cue, Ramira pressed play
    on the romantic under-
    scoring for the love scene.


15. dramaturge—
    B: literary consultant for
    a theatre company; as,
    The dramaturge was
    tasked with commission-
    ing and editing an adapta-
    tion of an Ojibwa legend.

fit during a performance;

as, Lanh’s corpsing ruined

the scene.

7. fourth wall—
   A: perceived separation
   between the audience
   and performers; as, In
   order to preserve the
   fourth wall, actors rarely
   look at the public.


8. histrionic—A: overly
   dramatic; as, Joey’s direc-
   tor disliked his histrionic
   portrayal and asked him
   to tone it down.


9. swan-slinger—
   C: Shakespearean actor;
   as, Olivia first became a
   swan-slinger when she
   joined the Stratford Festi-
   val as Lady Macbeth.


10. cue—A: signal to per-
    form an action or line; as,
    Mikhail’s dying gasp was
    the cue to fade the lights.


11. bunraku—C: Japan-
    ese puppet theatre; as,
    Bunraku requires three
    puppeteers per character,
    and Kiko was assigned
    control of the legs.


12. farce—A: satirical
    comedy with an improba-
    ble plot; as, Oscar Wilde’s

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