Drama Glossary

Key theatre terms and definitions including related shows.

Glossary Results:

A major deity of Hinduism, whose story is told in the epic poems the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.

One of Thailand’s national epics and an important part of the Thai literary canon.

Someone who works various jobs on a ranch.

The child-eating, demon queen in Balinese mythology.

How high and low you can comfortably sing.

Smelly, gross

Rap

Quick lyric delivery in hip-hop music, often accompanied by a beat or musical track. Rap is stylized through its flow and delivery.

A hopeless situation with no possibility of improvement; a dilapidated structure.

King of the island Lanka and the chief antagonist in the _Ramayana_.

To completely destroy

A person who stands out of view of the camera and reads the lines of the other character(s) in a scene for the person auditioning.

A theatrical movement developed alongside naturalism, which aimed to be more truthful to real life through texts and performances.