Introduction to Playscript

Animals can never be characters in a playscript.

• FALSE

• TRUE

The use of stage directions help the character perform the play.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Playscript can performed as a visual and live production.

• True

• False

Each scene have no description of the setting.

• True

• False

A play script is a written version of a play , especially prepared for use by actors in rehearsals.

• True

• False

Which one is not a feature of a play script?

• Dialogue

• Setting the scene

• Date and Tiime

• Stage directions

Most scripts begin with a character list that introduces all the different characters.

• True

• False

Some scripts feature a description of a characters next to their name so that the actors know a bit about them before they play them on stage.

• True

• False

These are characters which explain what is going on in the story for the benefit of the audience.They do not have to be a character in the story, but their lines are written in the same way as any other character's.

• Actors

• Narrators

• Stage director

• Props men

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which one is not referring to a Stage direction.

• Tell actors what to do or how to act while reading a particular piece of dialogue.

• These can be instructions on how to walk, speak or stand, or just suggestions on mood.These are included in the dialogue using brackets.

• Stage directions are said aloud.

• These are included in the dialogue using brackets.