#drama terminology

• Lover — An enamored man, suitor, or lover; a term sometimes used with a slightly ironic or pejorative nuance to designate a man completely absorbed by a romantic passion. In theater history, the term defines the role or typology of the young actor who plays the main enamored character in comedies of manners or romantic dramas.
• Intermission — A free time interval between the acts of a theatrical play, an opera performance, or a concert, intended for the audience's rest and the preparation of scenery for the next scene. In a historical musical sense, it represented a short instrumental composition performed by the orchestra during this intermission to maintain the dramatic atmosphere of the show.