Introduction to Drama

Written to be performed by actors and watched by an audience.

• Script

• Parenthesis

• Drama

• Italics

The author of a play.

• Drama

• Playwright

• Script

• Dialogue

The written form of a play.

• Parenthesis

• Script

• Italics

• Drama

Words spoken aloud by the characters.

• Script

• Dialogue

• Sets

• Playwright

The notes in the text of a play which explain the movement, feelings, and emotions of the character. This also includes the sound effects and lighting that should be used.

• Acts

• Stage Directions

• Theatre Etiquette

• Script

Slanted text. In a play this text is used to show stage directions.

• Italics

• Scene

• Stage directions

• Audience

Pair of two curved lines. In a play, they are used to show stage directions.

• Italics

• Crew

• Dramatization

• Parenthesis

Large sections of the play that contain multiple scenes

• Scene

• Acts

• Actors

• Dialogue

Small section of the play that usually show a change in the setting.

• Props

• Scene

• Parenthesis

• Acts

The scenery, backdrops, and furniture that create the setting.

• Sets

• Props

• Crew

• Scene