Drama Glossary
Key theatre terms and definitions including related shows.
A trickster character in Ghanaian storytelling, often taking the form of a spider.
A person (typically one more remote than a grandparent) from whom one is descended.
A group of young British playwrights whose work realistically depicted the struggles of the lower class.
A melody which moves by bigger leaps, often of dissonant intervals (e.g. a 7th) and in different directions.
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A character who actively works against the protagonist.
Hostility and prejudice against Jewish people.
An object such as a piece of furniture that is valued because of its age and/or historical value.
In Ancient Greek theatre, the second part of an ode spoken by the chorus and accompanied by movement of the chorus from west to east.