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When you want to see a play you go to the...
The plays are performed on the...
Each act consists of several...
Before the play is ready to be performed the actors must practise their parts in...
Rehearsals, theatre, stage, scenes
6. Who is in the theatre? Match the words (1-16) on the left with a suitable definition (a-p) on the right.
1.actor, actress 9. prompter
2. audience 10. make-up artist
3. cast 11. set designer
4. company 12. stage hand
5. choreographer 13. stage manager
6. critic 14. understudy
7. director 15. usher, usherette
8. playwright 16. costume designer
a) the person who writes reviews of new plays, musicals, etc.
b) all the people who act in a play or a musical
c) learns another actor’s part in order to be able to take his place if he or she is ill or unable to perform
d) reminds the actors of their next line in a speech if they forget it
e) shows people coming to watch the play or musical to their seats
f) puts make-up on the actors’ faces
g) makes up or arranges the steps for the dancers who perfom on stage
h) designs the scenery, etc. on stage
i) a group of actors, singers or dancers who work together, e.g. The Royal Shakespeare ______
j) the people who come to watch a play or a musical
k) helps behind the scenes during a production, e.g. by moving scenery, etc.
l) a person who writes plays
m) is responsible for everything that happens on stage during a performance
n) a person whose job is acting
o) decides how a play is performed; tells the actors what to do
p) designs the clothes the actors wear
7. Insert the missing words in the sentences below. Choose from the following:
Aisle, applause,auditorium, box office, circle (or balcony), curtain, dress, rehearsal, dressing-room, first night, foyer, interval, matinee, (orchestra) pit, performance, programme, rehearse (verb), row, stage, stalls, wings
1. We picked up the tickets we had ordered at the theatre ______________.
2. The ___________ is the large area just inside the main doors of a theatre where people meet and wait, while the ____________ is the part of a theatre where the audience sit.
3. He was given the Evening Standard Actor of the Year award for his _________ in Cyrano de Bergerac.
4. We walked down the __________ behind an usher as he showed us to our seats in ______ F.
5. The ___________ was terrible. Several of the actors forgot their lines, one or two dancers fell over and there was a problem with the lighting. Let’s hope the play’s a lot better when it opens on Saturday.
6. When you buy tickets you can choose to sit downstairs in the ________ or upstairs in the ____________.
7. If you can’t get to see the plat in the evening, you can always go to the __________ or afternoon performance.
8. The audience really loved the new musical, as they showed by their loud __________ at the end.
9. The ___________ is the area where the actors stand and perform.
10. I never go to see a play on its _________. I prefer to wait a few weeks. It’s usually better then.
11. In front of the stage is an area where the musicians sit. This is called the ___________.
12. If you want to know more about the play or the actors in it, you can always buy a __________ before the performance.
13. The audience became silent as the __________ went up and the play began.
14. Before going on stage, the actors often wait in the _____________, that is, the area to the side of the stage, hidden from the audience.
15. There is usually a short _____________ of about 15-20 minutes between the acts of a play.
16. They normally _____ for at least two months before they perform in public.
17. The actors put on their costumes and make-up in the ____________.
8. Say what they usually do: a dancer, a conductor, a ticket-taker, a prompter, a spectator, a playwright, a musician, a composer, an usher, a ticket-taker.
9. Explain in English: a theatre- goer, a spectator, a drama, a theatre, a musical comedy theatre, the stalls, an actor, the cast, a curtain call, a rehearsal, a prompter, a box-office, scenery, to applaud.
10. Make sure you know the English equivalents for the following:
представление (спектакль), сцена, декорации, пьеса, драматург, режиссер, исполнять, артист, играть роль кого-либо, премьера, музыкант, композитор, оркестр, директор, хор, певец, танцор, конкурс, пожертвование (дар), фонд.
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