Theatre Conventions

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Choral Speech

  • a group speaking in unison
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Cross-cutting

  • changing back and forth between scenes
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Direct Audience Address

  • speaking lines directly to the audience
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Ensemble

  • performers working together as a group
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Flashback

  • a moment from a character's remembered past
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Marking the Moment

  • highlighting a significant point
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Mime

  • the use of gestures and actions rather than words
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Overlapping Dialogue

  • where one line starts before the last is finished
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Re-enactment

  • portrayal of real events
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Reportage

  • in the style of the news
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Ritual

  • repeated set of actions
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Tableau(x)

  • a still or frozen image as dialogue can be spoken and gestures used
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Placard

  • use of a sign
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Aside

  • sharing an opinion to the audience only
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