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Drama
Vocab Test
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Stage Business | Actions or behaviors used to clarify a character or the environment |
| Dialogue | The words spoken by actors during a play |
| Mime | Stylized actions without words. Usually preformed in dark clothing and white make-up. |
| Role | A part written by the playwright |
| Comedy | A funny play |
| Comedy example | Whose Line is it Anyway? |
| Melodrama | A play which the plot is highly suspenseful |
| Melodrama example | The Book of Three |
| Farce | An exaggerated comedy based on humorous and physical jokes |
| Farce example | Talledaga Nights |
| Blocking | Pattern actors follow in moving around on stage |
| Focus | Point of concentration for actors |
| Prop | An item that is small enough to be carried around on stage by an actor |
| Monologue | When one actor speaks for and extended time |
| Pantomime | A play where props are not present but the actions suggest that they are |
| Character | An actor creates this based on a role they have been given to preform |
| Set | The scenery and furniture used during a play |
| Backstage | The area behind the stage. The sides of backstage are called wings |
| Tragedy | A play involving suffering and sometimes death |
| Tragedy example | Romeo and Juliet |
| Three Quarter Turn | When the actor faces the audience on an angle so that they may be more clearly seen |
| Conflict | - |
| Stage Direction | - |
| Breaking the Fourth Wall | - |
| Serio-Comic | A story that is both happy and sad at the same time |
| Serio-Comic example | Uptown Girls, Pursuit of Happyness |
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