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| a stage configuration in whic hthe spectators watch the action through a rectangular opening that resembles a picture frame |
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| a stage projecting into, and surrounded on three sides by, the audience |
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| a stage completely surrounded by the audience |
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| Greek: circular playing area |
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| Greek: long, high walls that extended on either side of and parallel with the skene |
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| Greek: columned arch perpendicular to the skene to support a porchlike projection from the second story |
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| Greek: a wheeled platform; dead-body cart |
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| Greek: basket or platform lowered onto the stage for the gods |
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| Roman: evolution of the skene |
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| Roman: shade for the audience |
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| Roman: curtain hung at back of stage; seperated playing area from backstage |
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| Medieval: stages constructed beside churches, in town squares, etc. to preach the teachings of Christianity |
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| Medieval: large 'mansions' that moved throughout the town; supported by guilds and sponsors |
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| Medieval: settings representative of the life of Jesus; sides of pues in churches; monks and preists were actors |
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| Medieval: place in front of mansions where the acting took place |
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| Medieval: hidden stage machenery on pageant wagons |
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| Renaissance: a visual distortion technique used to change the apparent size of an object |
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| Renaissance: stages set on an incline |
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| Renaissance: sets that are generic enough to be used with a style of scene |
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| Renaissance: a large expance of muslin or canvas on which something (landscape, cityscape, room, etc.) is painted |
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| Renaissance: standing room only |
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| Renaissance: first level of the interior stage (similar to a skene) |
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| Renaissance: second leve of the interior stage (similar to a skene) |
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| Renaissance: area that extends past the curtain into the audience minimally |
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| Renaissance: areas to the side of the stage for storage |
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| Baroque:fabric hung above the stage to prevent the audience from seeing above a certain point |
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| Baroque: small elecator used to transport an actor or prop up onto the stage from bellow |
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| Baroque: a large elevator used to transport large sets onto stage |
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| Baroque: a large circular disk that pivots, built into the stage and theater |
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| Concentric Revolving Stage |
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| Baroque: a revolving stage with, usually, two sections, one rotating inside the other |
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| a space or location that is found, then used for theatre |
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| any lights hung above the stage, behind the borders |
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| any lights hung on either side of the stage, usually concealed by wings |
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