Writing for Vaudeville eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 543 pages of information about Writing for Vaudeville.

Writing for Vaudeville eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 543 pages of information about Writing for Vaudeville.
set.  FLIPPER.—­Scenery extension—­particularly used to contain curtained entrance to One, and generally set at right angles to the proscenium arch (which see).  FLIRTATION ACT.—­An act presented by a man and a woman playing lover-like scenes.  FLY-GALLERY.—­The balcony between the stage and the grid iron, from where the scenery is worked.  FLYMEN.—­The men assigned to the fly-gallery.  FOUR.—­The stage space six or more feet behind the rear boundaries of Three.  FRONT OF THE HOUSE.—­The auditorium in front of the curtain.  FULL STAGE.—­Same as Four.  GAG.—­Any joke or pun.  See “POINT.”  GENRE.—­Kind, style, type.  GET OVER, TO.—­To make a speech or entire act a success.  GLASS-CRASH.—­A basket filled with broken glass, used to imitate the noise of breaking a window and the like.  GO BIG.—­When a performer, act, song, gag, etc., wins much applause it is said to “go big.”  GRAND DRAPERY.—­See “DRAPERY, GRAND.”  GRIDIRON.—­An iron network above the stage on which is hung the rigging by which the scenery is worked.  GRIP.—­The man who sets scenery or grips it.  HAND, TO GET A.—­To receive applause.  HOUSE CURTAIN.—­The curtain running flat against the proscenium arch; it is raised at the beginning and lowered at the end of the performance; sometimes use to “close-in” on an act.  INTERIOR BACKING.—­See “BACKING, INTERIOR.”  JOG.—­A short flat used to vary a set by being placed between regulation flats to form angles or corners in a room.  LASH-LINE.—­Used on flats to join them tightly together.  LEAD-SHEET.—­A musical notation giving a melody of a popular song; a skeleton of a song.  LEGITIMATE.—­Used to designate the stage, actors, theatres, etc., that present the full-evening play.  MELODRAMA.—­A sensational drama, full of incident and making a violent appeal to the emotions.  MUGGING.—­A contortion of the features to win laughter, irrespective of its consistency with the lines or actions.  OLIO.—­A drop curtain full across the stage, working flat against the tormentors (which see).  It is used as a background for acts in One, and often to close-in on acts playing in Two, Three and Four.  ONE.—­That part of the stage lying between the tormentors and the line drawn between the bases of the proscenium arch.  OPEN SET.—­A scene composed of a rear drop and matching wings, and not “boxed”—­that is, not completely enclosed.  See “BOX SET.”  PALACE SET.—­Palace scene.  PART.—­Noun:  the manuscript of one character’s speeches and business; the character taken by an actor.  Verb:  to take, or play, a character.  PLAY UP, TO.—­To pitch the key of a scene high; to play with rush and emphasis.  PLUGGER.—­A booster, a singer who sings new songs to make them popular.  POINT.—­The laugh-line of a gag (see “GAG"), or the funny observation of a monologue.  PRODUCE, TO.—­To mount a manuscript on the stage.  PRODUCER.—­One who produces plays, playlets, and other acts.  PROPERTIES.—­Furniture, dishes, telephones, the what-not employed to lend reality—­scenery
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