National Four/Five
Drama
Staging and Theatre Stage
Vocabulary Revision
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Different types of Staging
Wings
STAGE
Apron
Wings
Click on the stage NAME to view the
staging in a Theatre setting.
Proscenium Arch
Stage within an enclosing arch
Audience
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Different types of Staging
Audience
Stage
Audience
Click on the stage NAME to view the
staging in a Theatre setting.
Audience
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Thrust Stage
Audience seated on three
sides of the acting area
Different types of Staging
Click on the stage NAME to view the
staging in a Theatre setting.
End On Stage
Audience
Audience seated at one
end – acting area at the
other
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Different types of Staging
Click on the stage NAME to view the staging in a
Theatre setting.
Theatre in the round
Audience
Stage
Audience
Audience
Audience seated all around
the acting area
Audience
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Different types of Staging
Click on the stage NAME to view the staging in a Theatre
setting. (CREDIT TERM)
Avenue Stage (also
Audience
Stage
Audience
known as Traverse Stage)
Audience seated on two sides of
the acting area. Seats are often
raked.
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Different types of Staging
Click on the stage NAME to view the staging in a
Theatre setting.
Promenade Theatre
(Stick with the clip given as the
directors talk you through their ideas
for using Promenade Theatre.)
Stage
Stage
Stage
Audience follows the
action on foot, moving
from one location to
another.
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Theatre Stage Revision
•You have now revised your knowledge of the different
types of staging.
•Next work your way through the following slides and
write down your answers to the given definitions. You can
check your answers at the end.
•At the end you will find some types of stage and theatre
stage revision questions to complete.
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the term given to the part of the
stage in front of the curtain?
Also look at the
second slide
‘Proscenium Arch’ Stage.
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What name is given to the areas of seating
above the stalls?
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What name is given to the area for the
audience, generally filled with seats?
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What term is given to any job in the theatre
which involves dealing with the audience
e.g. box office, refreshments, usher?
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to the non-acting
area behind the stage?
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to the area of
seating above the stalls and below the
balcony?
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to the canvas cloth
which covers the back of the stage: can be
painted?
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to the area above
the stage from where scenery/actors are
flown in on pulleys ?
Click HERE to see an example from a
theatre stage.
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to the drapes which
curtain off the sides, or back, of the stage?
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to the area in which
actors wait when not on stage during a
performance?
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to the back wall of
the stage which can be painted or lit?
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the term given to the left hand side
of the stage where prompter and stage
manager sit during performance?
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name for the see-through
material which cannot be seen through
when lit from the front, but can be seen
through when lit from behind?
Click HERE to see some examples of this.
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name for
stage fireworks?
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to stairs on stage?
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to the lowest area of
seating, not above stage height?
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the term for a piece of scenery on
wheels for ease of movement?
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to a stage which
turns in a circle?
Click HERE to see images of this type of
stage.
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the term given to the sides of a
theatre stage?
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the term given to the
slope of the stage (to allow
actors to be seen)?
Click HERE to see examples of this type of
stage.
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to a
door in a floor?
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Well done!
Now check your answers to the
Theatre Stage vocabulary
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the term given to the part of the
stage in front of the curtain?
Also look at the
second slide
‘Proscenium Arch Stage.
Apron
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What name is given to the areas of seating
above the stalls?
Balcony
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What name is given to the area for the
audience, generally filled with seats?
Auditorium
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What term is given to any job in the theatre
which involves dealing with the audience
e.g. box office, refreshments, usher?
Front of
House
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to the non-acting
area behind the stage?
Backstag
e
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to the area of
seating above the stalls and below the
balcony?
Dress
Circle
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to the canvas cloth
which covers the back of the stage: can be
painted?
Backcloth
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to the area above
the stage from where scenery/actors are
flown in on pulleys ?
Click HERE to see an example from a
theatre stage.
Flies
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to the drapes which
curtain off the sides, or back, of the stage?
Blacks
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to the area in which
actors wait when not on stage during a
performance?
Green room
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to the back wall of
the stage which can be painted or lit?
Cyclorama
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the term given to the left hand side
of the stage where prompter and stage
manager sit during performance?
Prompt
side
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name for the see-through
material which cannot be seen through
when lit from the front, but can be seen
through when lit from behind?
Click HERE to see some examples of this.
Gauze
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name for
stage fireworks?
Pyrotechnics
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to stairs on stage?
Treads
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to the lowest area of
seating, not above stage height?
Stalls
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the term for a piece of scenery on
wheels for ease of movement?
Trucks
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to a stage which
turns in a circle?
Revolving
Stage
Click HERE to see images of this type of
stage.
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the term given to the sides of a
theatre stage?
Wings
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the term given to the
slope of the stage (to allow
actors to be seen)?
Click HERE to see examples of this type of
stage.
Rake
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Theatre Stage Vocabulary Revision
What is the name given to a
door in a floor?
Trapdoor
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Revision Questions
Now you have revised your
knowledge of the different types of
staging and the Theatre Stage
vocabulary, answer the following
questions on paper or on WORD
and email to your teacher. Choose
either Level Four or Five.
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National Four Revision Questions
1. Take ‘Theatre in the round’, ‘Thrust Stage’ and a ‘Proscenium Arch’
stage in turn and say what you would consider to be the advantages
and disadvantages of using each of these types of staging for a
performance.
2. Think of a recent stimulus drama. What would have been the ideal
venue and target audience for your drama? Say why.
3. Draw the stage, marking the audience position clearly for this
IDEAL venue. Use slides two to seven to help you.
4. Imagine you have to design a Backcloth for the scenery of a play set
in a busy street. Outline what ideas you would have and why these
would help set this scene.
5. Can you think of two reasons why having stage Wings would be
useful during a performance?
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National Five Revision Questions
1.
Take each type of staging and write down the advantages and
disadvantages of using this type of stage for a performance.
2.
Think of a recent stimulus drama. What would you choose as the
ideal venue for this performance? Give reasons why.
3.
Give reasons why you think using a Revolving stage would be
effective for a performance.
4.
Write down your design ideas for using either a Gauze, backcloth
or Cyclorama for a performance which is set in a Graveyard.
Explain your choice.
5.
Give an example of a performance you have either seen or created
where you could have used Flies?
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Well Done
You have now completed revision on Staging and Theatre Stage vocabulary. NOW
evaluate your understanding:
Red- still struggling
Amber understand some
of this revision
Green- fully
understand
If you require more help inform your teacher and refer to your Revision Booklet.
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