Elements of Drama

the time and place in the play

• setting

• scene

• character tag

• act

the text of the play

• scene

• act

• stage directions

• script

labels before lines of dialogue to which character is speaking

• character tag

• dialogue

• act

• cast of characters

the words said by the characters

• stage directions

• dialogue

• cast of characters

• scene

all of the characters, usually portrayed by actors

• stage directions

• act

• cast of characters

• character tags

the person who tells what happens in the play

• character tag

• cast of characters

• script

• narrator

written instructions telling the actors what to do

• stage directions

• narrator

• setting

• act

chapter in a play that contains more than one scene

• script

• act

• dialogue

• character tag

the action that takes place in a single setting

• act

• scene

• stage directions

• dialogue

A story that performed by actors on a stage

• drama

• act

• scene

• setting