The name derives from the fact that the patrons stood on the ground, rather than sitting in the seats of the balcony. The rich paid two pennies for entrance to the galleries, covered seating at the sides. The structure of theatre Were circular or octagonal. With roofed galleries gallerie coperte , that looking down on the stage palco and the yard cortile , where the poorer spectators stood.
The stage, or apron stage, jutted out into the yard. The lower middle class paid a penny for admittance to the yard like the yard outside a school building , where they stood on the ground, with the stage more or less at eye level—these spectators were called groundlings. The term is often loosely applied to a blue skycloth, or any flattage at the rear of the stage. Although strictly a cyc should be curved, most cycs are flat with curved wraparound ends.
A more effective backing can be obtained by hanging a sharkstooth gauze just in front of the plain white cyc which gives a hazy effect of distance. From Greek Cyclos circle and Horama view or vision. The German equivalent term is operafolie. A mechanical device used in Greek classical and medieval drama to lower an actor playing God from the flies above the stage to resolve the conflict in a play.
The term sometimes refers to a character which has a similar function in a more modern drama. The water prevents it buckling as it descends. Dressing Room doors have a list of the actors contained within. END ON Traditional audience seating layout where the audience is looking at the stage from the same direction. This seating layout is that of a Proscenium Arch theatre. Also known as Proscenium Staging. The end-on stage can be split into 9 areas: upstage right, upstage centre, upstage left, centre stage right, centre stage, centre stage left, downstage right, downstage centre, downstage left.
Often are also the site for socket panels for connecting flown lighting apparatus to dimmers, and also sometimes a lighting position. Known in the US as Fly Gallery. Known as the "flies". The ideal fly tower should be more than twice the height of the pros.
The load on the grid is transferred to the ground via the walls of the theatre. See Apron. FOYER Part of the front of house area of the theatre into which the audience first arrive on entering the theatre. Includes foyer areas open to the general public.
Normally a variation of blue or red in colour, although a more neutral grey is often better for scenes played in front of it, or for taking colours and gobos as tab warmers. See the link below for some possible derivations of the term. More about Green Room. GRID 1 The support structure close to the top of the fly tower on which the pulleys of the flying system are supported.
Constructed from metal or wooden beams. The stage floor was often moveable to reveal a water tank, which was sometimes able to rise up. London Hippodrome at Theatrecrafts.
The house curtain is the main set of curtains 'tabs' in the venue. Not every show will use the tabs, but it's often nice to save the audiences' first view of the set for a special moment as the show starts, not as 'wallpaper' while they're coming into the auditorium. However, this entirely depends on the nature of the show. There are often a number of entrances through the seating.
Special consideration needs to be given to onstage furniture and scenery as audience sightlines can easily be blocked. Stage managers and directors often use the idea of a clock face to describe actor positions on stage e.
ISOPTIC The characteristic of entertainment venues that enables the audience to all have an equal view of the stage or screen by raking the auditorium and off-setting the seats so that no view is obstructed.
Sometimes the forestage doubles as the orchestra pit by use of a lift. LOGE esp. US Seating area in traditional proscenium arch venues. Exact location varies according to the venue, but is usually a 'box' position at the dress circle level. From the French Loge. In the theatrical world, a Loggia is a partially enclosed seating area or box away from the usual seating areas.
In a theatre, it refers to the balcony seating area or the lowest of the balconies in a larger theatre. Opposite Prompt side of the stage. Stage Right. Highly dramatic and stylised form where the text is completely sung. The frame is often winchable for easy access. PARODOS Parodos also parode and parodus, plural parodoi, Ancient Greek is a term used in the theater of ancient Greece, referring either to a side-entrance, or to the first song sung by the chorus after its entrance from the side wings.
Originally, the term was used in the 16th century to refer to a formal ornamental garden, but by the midth century, it was increasingly used to refer both to the ground level of a theatre where spectators stood to watch performances and to the group of spectators who occupied that space.
Wikipedia entry. Enables actors to get very close to the audience, and often used in musical theatre or cabaret performances. There are problems with sound reinforcement feedback is much more likely due to being closer to the front of speakers and video relays are often used as the conductor is no longer visible. PERCH 1 A lighting position often on a platform at each side of the stage, immediately behind the proscenium. Some theatres use the term for vertical boom positions in front of the proscenium in the house.
They may be named by position e. The height of the stage was five feet - so the area beneath the stage was easily big enough to hold actors. This area underneath the stage was given the title "Hell". This was taken from the term 'hell mouth' which was used to refer to any trap-door in the bottom of a stage called the cellerage. The Globe theatre stage was believed to have had two trap doors on the outer stage and one trap door on the inner stage called the "grave trap" Actors would hide in "Hell" waiting to make their entrance or to create other special effects.
Unusual special effects could be made from 'Hell' including different sounds using different musical instruments such as the trumpet, or drums.
Actors skilled in imitating the baying of hounds and crowing of roosters or the wailing of ghostly sounds would also be waiting in 'Hell'. Additional details, facts and information about the Globe Theatre can be accessed via the Globe Theatre Sitemap.
0コメント