Drama Glossary
Key theatre terms and definitions including related shows.
The act of coercion through threat, often central to dramatic conflict and manipulation in thrillers or tragedies.
Unrhymed iambic pentameter used extensively in English Renaissance drama, particularly by Shakespeare.
A license that allows a theatre or venue to use a wide range of copyrighted material from a licensing agency.
A poetic or dramatic listing of a person's attributes or characteristics, often used to praise or mock.
An intensive or sudden military attack. During World War Two, the Blitz was the sustained aerial bombing campaign by Germany's Luftwaffe against British towns and cities from September 1940 to May 1941
To plan and rehearse the movement of actors on stage, essential for effective staging, composition, and storytelling.
A highly popular or financially successful theatrical production, often featuring star performers, spectacle, or major branding.
The precise staging of actors’ movements and positions onstage, typically directed during rehearsals.
A genre of American roots music featuring banjos and harmonies, sometimes used in theatre to evoke rural or regional identity.
Loud, aggressive, or boastful speech or behavior, often exaggerated for comic or dramatic effect.
Abbreviation for Bachelor of Music, a degree often earned by students in vocal performance or musical theatre programs.
An old-fashioned dagger or sharp instrument, referenced famously in Shakespeare’s 'Hamlet' as a symbol of suicide.