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Chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| drama | a story written to be played out on a stage. |
| theatre arts | the term used to cover all parts of training or instruction in the field of theater. |
| script | a written copy of the dialogue that the actors will speak. |
| character | the personality the actor portrays in a scene or play that is different from his or her own personality. |
| actors | males or females playing character roles. |
| acting | an actor’s assumed behavior for the purpose of projecting a character to an audience. |
| play | story in dialogue form to be acted out by actors before a live audience. |
| dramatic structure | the special literary style in which plays are written. |
| dialogue | the conversation between actors on the stage. |
| playwright | one who writes plays. |
| filmed | preserved by a moving photo- graph. |
| theater | the writing or performing of plays, as well as the formal study of the art form. Also, a building in which plays are performed. |
| ritual | repeated action that becomes a custom or ceremony. |
| player-audience relationship | the special interactive and “live” relationship that exists between the performers and the audience, connecting and bonding them into a team. |