At the Theatre

The 20th century brought great changes into the theatre. Cinema, radio, television, video altered the course of the major performing arts and created the new ones. But still there are hundreds of puppet theatres, conservatoires and philharmonics; musical comedy theatres, drama theatres and opera houses where the audiences are excited at the prospect of seeing a play and the actors are most encouraged the warm reception. But before going to a theatre you should book a ticket at a box-office. 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. Then at the entrance to the theatre the attendant tears your theatre ticket in half. He gives you your half back so that you can find your seat by its number. Another attendant shows you to your seat and sells a programme that will tell you which parts the actors are playing and how many acts there are in the play. Then you take your seat and may enjoy the play.

Vocabulary:to bring (brought, brought) - приносить
to alter - менять
performing arts - виды сценического искусства
puppet theatre - кукольный театр
to encourage - воодушевлять
box-office - театральная касса
pit - амфитеатр
entrance - вход
attendant - служащий
to tear (tore, torn) - рвать
to envy - завидовать
to enjoy oneself - хорошо проводить время
variety show - эстрадный концерт
сoservatoire - консерватория
a mateur dramatics - театральная самодеятельность

Questions: 1.Why have you always envied the dwellers of large cities?
2. Have you only amateur dramatics in your town?
3. Which seats are the most expensive, less expensive, cheap?

Спеціальність: Хореографія