Match the two parts to form word combinations

? 14. Translate into English:

Найчастіше біографія великого драматурга починається з цитування відомих слів Стивенсона, одного з перших за часом серйозних шекспірознавців:

«Все, що відомо з певною мірою вірогідності відносно Шекспіра – це те, що він народився у Стратфорді на Авоні, там одружився, там з’явилися діти, поїхав до Лондона, де був спочатку актором, писав поеми та драми, повернувся до Стратфорда, зробив заповіт, помер і був похований».

Якби ми навіть знали кожен крок життя Шекспіра у Стратфорді, де він прожив весь той період, коли складається духовна сутність людини, це б ані на крок не наблизило б нас до розуміння великої загадки народження такої величі обдарування у таких звичайних життєвих умовах.

— Speaking

What role does theatre play in your life?

& 1. Read the text and describe the theatre building.

THEATRE BUILDING

A theatre is a building where plays, operas or ballets are performed. It has a stagefor the actors and an auditorium for the audience. Thus the auditorium is the part of a theatre where the audience sits.

The stage is raised several feet above the floor of the auditorium. At the sides of the stage are wings. The curtain separates the stage from the auditorium. The curtain is dropped or lowered between the scenes or arts of a play (an opera). While the curtain is down, the workers on the stage (called «stage hands») can change the scenery and prepare the stage for the next part of the performance. Several doors separate the foyer from the seating area.

Each person in a large audience can see the actors on the stage without discomfort as the back of the auditorium is several feet higher than the front part, so that the seats are on slope.

Above the ground floor there are generally several curved balconieswith even steeper slopes of seats.

Seats in the stalls are those near the stage on the ground floor.

Seats in the first rows of the stalls are called orchestra stalls.

Seats behind the stalls are known as the pit. This is the worst part of the English theatre.

Next comes the dress circle, i.e. rows of seats higher up above the stalls and further back in the theatre.

Above the dress circle, a little higher up, there is the balcony or upper circle, as it is often called. Highest of all is the gallery.

Then there are also boxes in each tier of the theatre.

?. Fill in the missed words:

1. A theatre is a building where ______________________ are performed.

2. It has _________________ and __________________ for the audience.

3. The stage is raised several feet __________________of the auditorium.

4. At the sides of the stage are __________________________________.

5. _______________separates the stage from the __________________.

6. The curtain is dropped or lowered between ________or ______of a play.

7. Above the ground floor there are generally several ___________ with even steeper slopes of _________________________________________.

8. Seats in the first rows of the stalls are called ______________________.

9. Seats behind the stalls are known as ___________________________.

10. Next comes ___________, i.e. rows of seats higher up above the stalls and further back in the theatre.

11. Above_____________, a little higher up, there is ____________or _________, as it is often called.

?. Translate the following words and expressions into English:

партер купити квиток гра

бельетаж в театральній касі трупа, яка гастролює

гальорка виконавці ролей на репетиції

амфітеатр головна роль другорядні дійові особи

соліст художник-декоратор виходити на оплески

трупа суфлер гардероб

декорація куліси рампа

вечірня генеральна репетиція прем’єра

вистава