the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography; theatricals,
dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, cothurnus†, Melpomene and
Thalia, Thespis.
play, drama, stage play, piece [Fr.], five-act play, tragedy,
comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta†, lever de rideau [Fr.],
interlude, afterpiece†, exode†, farce, divertissement, extravaganza,
burletta†, harlequinade†, pantomime, burlesque, opera bouffe [Fr.],
ballet, spectacle, masque, drame comedie drame [Fr.]; melodrama,
melodrame†; comidie larmoyante [Fr.], sensation drama; tragicomedy,
farcical-comedy; monodrame monologue; duologue trilogy†; charade,
proverbs; mystery, miracle play; musical, musical comedy.
[movies] western, horse opera; flick [Coll.]; spy film, love
story, adventure film, documentary, nature film; pornographic film,
smoker, skin flick, X-rated film.
act, scene, tableau; induction, introduction; prologue, epilogue;
libretto.
performance, representation, mise en scene [Fr.], stagery†, jeu de
theatre [Fr.]; acting; gesture &c 550; impersonation &c 554; stage
business, gag, buffoonery.
light comedy, genteel comedy, low comedy.
theater; playhouse, opera house; house; music hall; amphitheater,
circus, hippodrome, theater in the round; puppet show, fantoccini†;
marionettes, Punch and Judy.
auditory, auditorium, front of the house, stalls, boxes, pit,
gallery, parquet; greenroom, coulisses [Fr.].
flat; drop, drop scene; wing, screen, side scene; transformation
scene, curtain, act drop; proscenium.
stage, scene, scenery, the boards; trap, mezzanine floor; flies;
floats, footlights; offstage; orchestra.
theatrical costume, theatrical properties.
movie studio, back lot, on location.
part, role, character, dramatis personae [Lat.]; repertoire.
actor, thespian, player; method actor; stage player, strolling
player; stager, performer; mime, mimer†; artists; comedian, tragedian;
tragedienne, Roscius; star, movie star, star of stage and screen,
superstar, idol, sex symbol; supporting actor, supporting cast; ham,
hamfatter [Slang]; masker†.
pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo†, buffoon, farceur, grimacer,
pantaloon, columbine; punchinello†; pulcinello†, pulcinella†; extra, bit-
player, walk-on role, cameo appearance; mute, figurante†, general
utility; super, supernumerary.
company; first tragedian, prima donna [Sp.], protagonist; jeune
premier [Fr.]; debutant, debutante [Fr.]; light comedian, genteel
comedian, low comedian; walking gentleman, amoroso†, heavy father,
ingenue [Fr.], jeune veuve [Fr.].
mummer, guiser†, guisard†, gysart†, masque.
mountebank, Jack Pudding; tumbler, posture master, acrobat;
contortionist; ballet dancer, ballet girl; chorus singer; coryphee
danseuse [Fr.].
property man, costumier, machinist; prompter, call boy; manager;
director, stage manager, acting manager.
producer, entrepreneur, impresario; backer, investor, angel
[Fig.].
dramatic author, dramatic writer; play writer, playwright;
dramatist, mimographer†.
V. act, play, perform; put on the stage; personate &c 554; mimic &c
(imitate) 19; enact; play a part, act a part, go through a part,
perform a part; rehearse, spout, gag, rant; strut and fret one's hour
upon a stage; tread the boards, tread the stage; come out; star it.
Adj. dramatic; theatric, theatrical; scenic, histrionic, comic, tragic,
buskined†, farcical, tragicomic, melodramatic, operatic; stagy.
Adv. on the stage, on the boards; on film; before the floats, before an
audience; behind the scenes.
Phr. fere totus mundus exercet histrionem [Lat.] [Petronius Arbiter];
suit the action to the word, the word to the action [Hamlet]; the
play's the thing [Hamlet]; to wake the soul by tender strokes of art
[Pope].
CLASS V
WORDS RELATING TO THE VOLUNTARY POWERS
DIVISION I
INDIVIDUAL VOLITION
SECTION I.
VOLITION IN GENERAL