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Drama Terms

Drama Terms. Drama Terms. Drama…a play Act…a division of a play Scene…a division of an act Stage directions… instructions the playwright gives the actors and crew Dialogue…the conversation an actor has with other actors or him or herself Playwright…the author of the play.

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Drama Terms

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  1. Drama Terms

  2. Drama Terms • Drama…a play • Act…a division of a play • Scene…a division of an act • Stage directions… instructions the playwright gives the actors and crew • Dialogue…the conversation an actor has with other actors or him or herself • Playwright…the author of the play

  3. Monologue-a long, uninterrupted speech that is spoken by a single actor. In a soliloquy an actor is on stage by him or herself and speaks lines. • Aside…comment made while other actors are on stage and heard only by the audience • Types of drama: Tragedy- unhappy ending; sometimes the death of the protagonist Comedy- has a happy ending

  4. Protagonists are the main or central figures of a drama. • Antagonists are the onstage characters (or unseen forces) who oppose them. • Set is the term used for the onstage scenery that suggests the time and place of the action. • Script is the written form of the play.

  5. Stage Directions • Stage directions telling the actors where to stand or move are the following: Downstage center Upstage center Center Downstage right Upstage right Center right Downstage left Upstage left Center left UC UL UR CL CR C DR DC DL

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