Shakespeare's Play Conventions
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
4.
B
a
l
o
n
An upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium
5.
T
a
D
o
o
A hinged or sliding ___ in a floor or ceiling
6.
G
r
d
l
i
n
s
In Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section (plural)
8.
B
o
x
O
f
i
Total admission receipts for an entertainment
9.
C
o
m
n
s
A line of units following one after another (plural)
10.
D
e
s
E
x
M
a
c
a
Any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty
11.
T
g
e
d
y
An event resulting in great loss and misfortune
12.
C
o
e
y
Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
13.
H
i
s
o
r
Study of what happened in the past
15.
B
l
k
F
r
a
r
A Roman Catholic ___ wearing the ___ mantle of the Dominican order (plural)
16.
F
l
o
s
A book consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages (plural)
21.
P
r
o
e
n
i
u
The part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra