iBT TOEFL Topic Vocabulary Breakthrough Unit 046

iBT TOEFL Topic Vocabulary Breakthrough Unit 046
Author: Li Xiaolai

46. In addition to the actor and the audience in a space, other elements of theater include a written or improvised text, costumes, scenery, lights, sound, and properties (props). Most theatrical performances require the collaborative efforts of many creative people, including dramaturge, craftspeople, designer, composer, or choreographer and managers working toward a common goal: the production. The performance is very often a play — a tragedy, comedy, or musical — but it need not be. Theater performances include vaudeville, puppet shows, mime, and other forms of entertainment. Theatrical texts, often referred to as drama, usually provide the vital framework of a performance. In Aristotle’s famous definition, drama is an imitation of an action that is whole, complete, and of a certain magnitude or scope.

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