Elements of Drama

The author of a play

• character

• narrator

• playwright

• director

Tell the actors what to do

• drama

• stage directions

• monologue

• setting

The main sections of a play

• props

• scenes

• stage directions

• acts

The written part of the play .

• script

• characters

• theater

• stanza

What the actors say to each other

• props

• dialogue

• scenes

• acts

Stories that are written to be performed on a stage or screen

• drama

• charactors

• settings

• monologues

A long speech spoken by only ONE actor.

• poem

• play

• monologue

• dialogue

When and where a play takes place

• drama

• setting

• stage directions

• characters

The people in a drama (play)

• monologues

• scenes

• acts

• cast (of characters)

The smaller sections of a play

• stage directions

• scripts

• scenes

• acts