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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| pantomime | /xx | Noun | 
| comedy | /xx | Noun | 
| chorus | /x | Noun | 
| scene | / | Noun | 
| aside | x/ | Adverb | 
| parody | /xx | Noun | 
| prologue | /x | Noun | 
| proscenium | //xx | Noun | 
| interlude | /xx | Noun | 
| mime | / | Noun | 
| epilogue | /xx | Noun | 
| proverb | /x | Noun | 
| burlesque | x/ | Noun | 
| theatricals | x/xx | Noun | 
| drama | /x | Noun | 
| travesty | /xx | Noun | 
| prolog | x/ | Name | 
| part | / | Noun | 
| skit | / | Noun | 
| mask | / | Noun | 
| theatrics | /x | Noun | 
| staging | /x | Noun | 
| side | / | Noun | 
| revue | x/ | Noun | 
| masquerade | xx/ | Noun | 
| monologue | /xx | Noun | 
| kabuki | x/x | Noun | 
| tableau | x/ | Noun | 
| exit | /x | Noun | 
| exeunt | x/ | Name | 
| farce | / | Noun | 
| production | x/x | Noun | 
| play | / | Noun | 
| dramatis personae | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| representation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| coup de théâtre | /xx | Name, Name | 
| presentation | xx/x | Noun | 
| stage play | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| upstage | x/ | Noun | 
| annual | /xx | Name | 
| crosstalk | // | Noun | 
| comic relief | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| stage left | // | Phrase, Noun, Adverb | 
| street theater | //xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| bread and circuses | ///xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| dialog | /xx | Noun | 
| dramatic irony | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| stage whisper | //x | Phrase, Noun, Verb | 
| soliloquy | x/xx | Noun | 
| passion play | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| circuit | /x | Noun | 
| theater | /xx | Noun | 
| puppet show | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| sideshow | /x | Noun | 
| praxis | /x | Noun | 
| scenario | x/xx | Noun | 
| follies | /x | Noun | 
| teaser | /x | Noun | 
| callback | /x | Noun | 
| improv | /x | Noun | 
| ballet | x/ | Noun | 
| shadow play | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| boards | / | Noun | 
| tragedy | /xx | Noun | 
| perch | / | Noun | 
| book | / | Noun | 
| dialogue | /xx | Noun | 
| pastiche | x/ | Noun | 
| playwriting | /xx | Noun | 
| opening | /xx | Noun | 
| comedy of manners | /xx//x | Phrase, Noun | 
| box set | /x | Phrase, Noun | 
| opera | /x | Noun | 
| wasps | / | Noun | 
| frogs | / | Noun | 
| knights | / | Noun | 
| clouds | / | Noun | 
| permanent | /xx | Adjective | 
| second | /x | Adjective | 
| peace | / | Noun | 
| proper | /x | Adjective | 
| achilles | x/x | Name | 
| address | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| amphitheater | /xxx | Noun | 
| antinomy | x/xx | Noun | 
| apocalypse | x/xx | Noun | 
| aria | /xx | Noun | 
| aristotelian | xxx/xx | Adjective, Name | 
| canon | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| gymnasium | x/xx | Noun | 
| homo | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| inscription | x/x | Noun | 
| manuscript | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| masque | x | Noun, Verb | 
| oedipus | /xx | Name | 
| poem | /x | Noun | 
| schism | /x | Noun | 
| stele | / | Noun | 
| synagogue | /xx | Noun | 
| trilogy | /xx | Noun | 
| headlines | /x | Noun | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| collocation | xx/x | Noun | 
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| dialect | /xx | Noun | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
