Let's go to the theatre tonight!

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At the Theatre
Theatre is the magic world. There are many theatres all over the world. But it is still very difficult to buy tickets for really good performances. Moreover the tickets are usually very expensive. Usually people buy tickets beforehand at the box-offices of the theatres.

(They can also get tickets in one of the on-line agencies. Most theatres have their own Internet sites where one can book tickets if they are available.)

Now you have bought the ticket. You pass through the entrance hall and go to the cloak-room, where you can leave your clothes and things and borrow opera glasses.

Then you go to the hall. There are rows (ряды) of seats there.

A theatre consists of two parts: the stage and the hall. They are separated by a curtain and the orchestra. Actors and actresses perform on the stage and public occupies the hall, the pit, the dress-circles, the boxes and the gallery.

You can see the Stalls — партер near the stage. There are boxes (ложа) on both sides of the pit (партер). Behind the stalls you can see the pit — амфитеатр.

A dress-circle (бельэтаж ) is higher than the pit (партер). The balconies are higher than the dress-circle (бельэтаж). There is a beautiful chandelier (люстра) in the hall.
The most expensive seats are in the stalls, boxes and dress-circle. The seats in the balcony, pit and the upper circle are less expensive, they are cheap.
The best seats are in the boxes. In old times they were occupied by aristocracy. Aristocratic families used to book boxes for a season or even a year.
(Вид зала)

When the curtains (занавес) rise, we see a nice scenery (декорация) and the spectators begin to applaud.
(Orchestra and stage)

A play can have from one to five acts, each of which consists of several scenes. Very often there is an interval between the acts of the performance.
- What can the spectators do during the interval?
During the interval you may choose what to do: to listen to the living music (musicians play in the hall) and look at the photos of actors on the wall at the same time. Or you may visit a small museum and to know about the history of the theatre. Or you may go to the buffet and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate, a tasty sandwich.


Answer the Questions.

1. What is the theatre?
Theatre is a modern building.

2. Why do people go to the theatre?
People go to the theatre to see dramas, operas, tragedies, comedies, ballets, plays.

3.What is the box-office?

4.What is the cloak-room?

5. What time do the performances | show start?

6. When does the performance begin?

7. What do the spectators do, if they enjoy the performance? The box-office is a place, where people (can) buy tickets.

The cloak-room is a place where people leave their coats and hats.

Evening performances start at 7 o'clock.

The performance begins after the third bell.

If the spectators enjoy the performance, they applaud the actors and actresses on the stage. Applaud, react (say “bravo”, whistle), admire, give flowers.

8. Where do the actors and actresses act the play?


9. When can the spectators go to eat?
The actors and actresses play their performance on the stage.

During the interval the spectators can go to eat.

10. What do the spectators do at the end of the performance?
At the end of the performance the spectators rise from their seats and go to the cloak-room.

11. Where do they leave their coats when they are at the theatre?
They leave their coats in a cloakroom.


12. What can people say about the performance | play? The play was amusing (splendid; dull; funny; sad; no good; boring; not bad; awful; fine, nice, excellent, wonderful). “I enjoyed the performance very much”. It was a wonderful performance. I enjoyed every minute of the play. The actors were really very good, especially the actress playing Juliet. Her dress was beautiful.
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