At the Theatre. Words & expressions to the topic: 1.drama theatre драмтеатр 33.actor, actress актор,акторка 2.opera house

Words & expressions to the topic:

1. drama theatre	драмтеатр	33.actor, actress	актор,акторка
2.opera house	театр опери і балету	34.players (performers)	актори
3.opera & ballet theatre	театр опери і балету	35.theatrical company	трупа
4.music comedy theatre	муз. комедії (оперета)	36.cast	склад виконавців
5.variety theatre	естради (вар’єте)	37.leading performers	головні виконавці
6.puppet theatre	ляльковий	38.minor characters	другорядні
7.children (juvenile) th.	юного глядача	39.producer	продюсер, постановник
8.touring theatre	гастролюючий театр	40.stage manager (director)	режисер
9.curtain	завіса	41.musical director(conductor)	диригент
10.wings (coulisse)	куліси	42.understudy	дублер
11.toplights; footlights	верхні прожектори; рампа	43.extra (super)	статист
12.settings (scenery)	декорації	44.playwright (dramatist)	драматург
13.orchestra	оркестр; партер (амер.)	45.setting designer	художник, декоратор
14.stalls	партер	46.make-up man	гример
15.box	ложа	47.stagehand	робітник сцени
16.pit	амфітеатр	49.usher, usherette	білетер, білетерка
17.gallery (gods)	галерка	50.part, role	роль, партія
18.dress circle	бельетаж	51.performance	виконання, гра; спектакль, вистава
19.upper circle	балкон
20. restricted view	місця,з яких не видно всю сцену	52.production	постановка
21.command view	місця,з яких добре видно	53.first night	прем’єра
22.gangway (aisle) [aɪl]	прохід	54.matinée ['mætɪneɪ]	ранковий спектакль
23.stage door	службовий вхід	55.gala	урочистий спектакль
24. front row; back row	перший ряд; останній ряд	56.repertoire (repertory)	['repətwɑː] репертуар
25.prompter’s box	будка суфлера	57.bill (play-bill)	афіша
26.cloak-room	роздягальня	58.encore (be encored)['ɔŋkɔː]	біс
27.check	номерок	59.act	акт, дія
28.opera glasses	бінокль	60.scene; concluding scene	сцена; заключна сцена
29.booking (box)office	каса	61.interval (intermission)	антракт
30.dressing room	вбиральня актора	62.lyrics	текст пісні
31. theatre goer	театрал	63.stage version	інсценування
32.spectator (onlooker, viewer, audience, house)	глядач	64.preview	попередній перегляд

Expressions to help you (to) speak on the topic:

1.to be warmly received by the public (audience)	бути тепло прийнятим глядачами
2.to attract the public attention (imagination)	привернути увагу глядачів
3.to take the house by storm	викликати фурор
4.to have a successful run	мати успіх
5.to revive a production	поновити спектакль
6. to draw capacity crowds	давати повні збори
7.to burst out applauding (into applause)	вибухнути оплесками
8.to book seats in the stalls	купити білети в партері
9.to ring down (up) the curtain	опускати (підіймати) завісу
10.to arouse a great interest	викликати зацікавленість
11.to receive a curtain call	виходити на оплески
12.behind the curtain	за кулісами
13.to have a good curtain	мати успіх
14.to receive a tremendous acclamation from the packed audience	отримати грандіозні оплески від повної зали
15.to keep the audience (public) in suspense from beginning to end	тримати глядачів у напрузі від початку до кінця

the box - a separate section or enclosed area reserved for a group of people in a theatre

the dress circle - the first level of seats above the ground floor in a theatre

the upper circle -the tier of seats in a theatre above the dress circle

the stalls - the seats on the ground floor in a theatre

the pit - the seating at the back of the stalls of a theatre

the gallery - the highest balcony in a theatre, containing the cheapest seats

the gods - (informal) the gallery in a theatre

Theatre

Learn the new words:

1.alter	змінювати	6.inspiration	натхнення	11.(dress) rehearsal	(генеральна) репетиція
2.scene	сцена	7.artistic	художній	12.hitch	перешкода
3.intricate	складний, заплутаний	8.ingenuity	винахідливість	13.delay	затримка
4.illuminate	освітлювати	9.playwright	драматург	14.first night	прем’єра
5.scenery	декорація	10.script	сценарій	15.be a success	мати успіх

Theatre is a place where you can see a play staged. The 20th century brought great changes into the theatre. Television, radio, cinema, video altered the course of the major performing & entertaining arts & created the new ones. But still there are hundreds of musical comedy theatres, drama theatres, opera houses, puppet theatres, juvenile theatres, philharmonics & conservatories.

A theatre consists of two parts, the stage & the hall. They are separated by a curtain & an orchestra. The curtain is dropped or lowered between the scenes or acts of a play. The public sits in the second part of the theatre, called an auditorium. The most expensive seats are in the stalls, the boxes & the dress-circle. The seats in balcony, pit & gallery (gods) are comparatively cheaper. An intricate system of lights illuminates the stage. While the curtain is down, the workers on the stage can change the scenery & prepare the stage for the next part of the performance.

A play lives a long life before it makes its appearance on the stage before the audience. It is a real part of art & its creation calls for inspiration, talent & artistic ingenuity. A playwright conceives an idea & after months of hard work his idea develops into a script of the play. And finally when everything is ready & the rehearsal goes off without a hitch (delay), a dress rehearsal is called. After that the curtain rises, the play faces the audience on its first night.

If the play is great & the cast is brilliant, the house is always packed & the actors receive a tremendous acclimation & are encored. It is obvious that the play is a great success.

Answer the questions:

1. What is a theatre?

2. The 20th century brought great changes into the theatre, didn’t it?

3. What did television, radio, cinema, video alter?

4. What theatres are there still?

5. What parts does a theatre consist of?

6. What are these parts separated by?

7. When is the curtain dropped or lowered?

8. Where does the public sit?

9. What are the most expensive seats?

10. What seats are comparatively cheaper?

11. What illuminates the stage?

12. What can the workers do on the stage while the curtain is down?

13. When does a play make its appearance on the stage before the audience?

14. What does the creation of a play call for?

15. When does the author’s idea develop into a script of the play?

16. What happens when everything is ready & the rehearsal goes off without a hitch?

17. After that the curtain rises, the play faces the audience on its first night, doesn’t it?

18. Under what circumstances is the house always packed & the actors receive a tremendous acclimation & are encored?

19. Is it obvious that the play is a great success?

20. Are you a great theatre-goer?

I. Explain the words: theatre, curtain, prepare, stage, cheap, packed, tremendous, rehearsal, orchestra

Theatre is a place where you can see a play staged.

II. Learn the synonyms:

1. famous – celebrated, prominent, well-known

2. actor – arsist, performer, player

3. career – calling, occupation, job

4. tour – journey, travelling around, trip

5. company – concern, corporation, enterprise, syndicate

6. several – a number of, numerous, quite a lot

7. tragedy – calamity, disaster, misfortune

8. part – character, role, protagonist

9. recite – declaim, narrate, perform,

10. next – following, then, subsequent

11. monologue – solo, speech, tongue

12. miracle – marvel, phenomenon, wonder

13. violently – aggressively, brutally, fiercely

14. occur – arise, happen, take place

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