Exploring Theatre Chapter 1

a story written to be played out on the stage

• drama

• characters

• acting

• dramatic structure

the term used to cover all parts of training or instruction in the field of theatre

• playwright

• stage directions

• characters

• theatre arts

a written copy of the dialogue that the actors will speak

• dialogue

• script

• stage directions

• actors

the personality an actor portrays in a scene or play that is different from his/her own personality

• actor

• play

• character

• dialogue

one who writes plays

• playwright

• actor

• character

• dialoguer

an actor's assumed behavior for the purpose of projecting a character to an audience

• character

• acting

• dramatic structure

• theatre arts

When a script says, M, F, or E, they are referring to the __.

• playwright

• actors

• dialogue

• stage directions

story in dialogue form to be acted out by actors before a live audience

• theatre

• play

• playwright

• ritual

A big difference between a novel and play is __

• novels have characters and plays don't

• plays are written in dramatic structure

• novels are filmed and plays aren't

• novels have playwrights

Pick the correctly typed stage direction

• shakes TOMMY's hand

• (shakes TOMMY's hand)

• (shakes TOMMY's hand)