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Elements of Drama
Term | Definition |
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Cast of Characters | List of people, animals, or things who are characters in a play. Their name is followed by a (:) |
Script | Written words of the play for the actors. Contains the dialogue and stage directions. |
Stage Directions | words that tell you about the scene/setting and tells the characters or descriptions. They are in [brackets] or (parenthesis) |
Playwright | The person who wrote the play |
Acts | Large sections of the play (think of chapters in a book) |
Scenes | Smaller sections of the play, when the setting changes |
Props | the items used by the actors in the play |
Dialogue | Conversations between the characters |
Theater | where the play is performed |
Narrator | A special character outside of the story who tells us (the audience) what is happening in the story |
Protagonist | The main character, usually the "good" guy |
Antagonist | the "bad" guy in the play/ the villian |