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Shakespeare
Year 7 English
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| theatre | A building designed for the performance of plays, operas, etc. |
| playwright | A person who writes plays. |
| Elizabethan | The period during which Shakespeare was born. |
| sonnet | A love poem of 14 lines. |
| prologue | The introduction to a play. |
| protagonist | The main character in a play. |
| character | A person in a play. |
| tragedy | A play which deals with serious themes. |
| performance | A form of entertainment presented before an audience. |
| audience | A group of people who attend the theatre to watch a performance. |