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DRAMA AND DRAMA TECHNIQUES

DRAMA AND DRAMA TECHNIQUES. Literature in plays and performances. DRAMA DEFINED:. A form of literature commonly known as plays. Meant to be performed by actors before an audience. Although, when you read a script, the actions should be imagined.

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DRAMA AND DRAMA TECHNIQUES

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  1. DRAMA AND DRAMA TECHNIQUES Literature in plays and performances

  2. DRAMA DEFINED: • A form of literature commonly known as plays. • Meant to be performed by actors before an audience. Although, when you read a script, the actions should be imagined. • Characters’ dialogue and actions tell the story

  3. DIVIDING A DRAMA • The action of a play is usually divided into SCENES. • The scene changes whenever the setting changes. • Sometimes two or more scenes are grouped into ACTS. • A play usually has one or two acts. • If you were to attend a play performance, the ACTS would usually be separated by an intermission.

  4. DRAMA TERMS • PLAYWRIGHT: The person who writes the script of a play • also known as the “dramatist.” • SCRIPT: The written form of a play; usually includes dialogue, a cast of characters, and stage directions that give specific instructions about performing the play.

  5. SCENERY: The painted backdrop or other structures used to create the setting for a play. • Could be simple (trees painted on a screen) or complex (stairs, furniture, windows, etc.) • CAST OF CHARACTERS: A list of all the characters in the play, often in order of appearance. • Usually found at the beginning of the script. • NARRATOR: A speaker or a character who tells a story. • The narrator’s perspective is the way he/she sees things.

  6. PROP: An abbreviation of the word “property,” this refers to any physical object that is used in a drama or play. • Examples: a coffee cup, a fur coat, a candle • DIALOGUE: The words that characters speak aloud. • In other literature, dialogue is set off with quotation marks. In drama, it is written in normal print, and the character who should speak the lines is indicated. • STAGE DIRECTIONS: The instructions to the actors, director, and stage crew. • They might suggest scenery, lighting, music, sound effects, and ways for actors to move and speak.

  7. SCRIPT EXAMPLE“The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”Which drama elements are represented in this example? He and Charlie exchange a look. Then they start to walk away from the group. Tommy comes into view. He is a serious-faced young boy in spectacles. He stands halfway between the group and the two men, who start to walk down the sidewalk. Tommy: Mr. Brand—you’d better not! Steve: Why not? Tommy: They don’t want you do. (Steve and Charlie exchange a grin, and Steve looks back toward the boy.) Steve: Who doesn’t want us to? Tommy: (Jerks his head in the general direction of the distant horizon) Them. Steve: Them?

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