Theatre

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  • Macduff (Macbeth)

    Character in Macbeth.

  • Black box theater

    Simple performance space with black walls.

  • Scaramouche

    Stock clown character of the commedia dell'arte.

  • Fantine

    Fictional character from Les Misérables.

  • Method acting

    Training and rehearsal techniques.

  • Theatre-in-the-round

    Theatrical stage type.

  • Comedy (drama)

    Theatrical genre intended to make an audience laugh.

  • Mercutio

    Character in Romeo and Juliet.

  • Sonnet 116

    Poem by William Shakespeare.

  • Chronology of Shakespeare's plays

    Possible order of composition of Shakespeare's plays.

  • Der Rosenkavalier

    1911 opera by Richard Strauss.

  • Universal Amphitheatre

    Indoor amphitheater, formerly located at Universal Studios Hollywood.

  • Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play

    American theatre award for Broadway actresses.

  • Off-Broadway

    Type of theatre in New York City.

  • Sonata

    Type of instrumental composition.

  • Masked villain

    Character type.

  • Aladdin (2011 musical)

    Broadway musical, based on the 1992 animated Disney film.

  • Bellerophon (play)

    Lost Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides.

  • The Gay Lord Quex (play)

    1899 play written by Arthur Wing Pinero.

  • Le Villi

    Opera by Giacomo Puccini.

  • Abe Lincoln in Illinois (play)

    1938 theater play.

  • Trilby (play)

    Play by Paul M. Potter.

  • Kuroko

    Stagehands in traditional Japanese theatre, dressed all in black.

  • Columbine (stock character)

    Commedia dell'arte stock character.

  • Sleepwalking scene

    Critically celebrated scene from Macbeth.

  • The Two Gentlemen of Verona

    Play by William Shakespeare.

  • Sir John in Love

    Opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

  • Fade (lighting)

    Gradual change in the intensity of stage lights.

  • Cultural depictions of the Salem witch trials

  • Hagoromo (play)

    Noh play.

  • Aerial dance

    Type of dance.

  • Uwanari

    Kabuki play.

  • The Bacchae

    Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides.

  • The Maid of Pskov

    Opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

  • The Merry Widow

    Operetta by Franz Lehár.

  • Epic theatre

    Theatrical genre.

  • My Fair Lady

    Stage musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.

  • Old Fortunatus

    Play in a mixture of prose and verse by Thomas Dekker.

  • The Interlude at the Playhouse

    Play by George Bernard Shaw.

  • Aspis (Menander)

    Ancient Greek comedy by Menander.

  • Actor

    Person who portrays a character in a production.

  • Coviello

    Stock character that originated in commedia dell'arte.

  • St Patrick's Day (play)

    Play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

  • Mame (musical)

    Musical.

  • Closer (play)

    1997 play by English playwright Patrick Marber.

  • Works inspired by The Magic Flute

  • Showgirl

    Female performer in a theatrical revue.

  • Evita (musical)

    1978 musical by Lloyd Webber and Rice.

  • Plumes (play)

    1927 play by Georgia Douglas Johnson.

  • Don Juan (musical)

    2003 musical written by Félix Gray.