Drama Glossary

Key theatre terms and definitions including related shows.

Glossary Results:

Relating to Bali or its people or its language.

The king of the spirits in Balinese mythology, representing goodness and virtue.

Fluency in or use of two languages.

Buk

A double-headed drum.

Ruler of a caliphate, the state comprising the Muslim community in the centuries after the death of Muhammad.

Clown roles in Zaju and Peking Opera.

Chu

Zaju consisted of 4 acts (“chu”), consisting of a set of songs following a crucial moment in the plot.

The policy or practice of a wealthy or powerful nation's maintaining or extending its control over other countries.

A government and economic system in which people do not own individual property.

The sudden, violent overthrow of an existing government by a small group.

A member of an indigenous people living in a vast area of central Canada.

An expression of the ways of living developed by a community and passed on from generation to generation.