Basic Drama Vocabulary

A fictional story written to be played on stage

• Theatre

• Drama

• Costumes

• Characters

The physical space where you go to see a show

• Scene

• Theater

• Drama

• Theatre

The art of creating drama when all of the production elements come together.

• Script

• Theater

• Dialogue

• Theatre

The personality an actor portrays in a production that is different from their own personality.

• Monologue

• Actor

• Character

• Director

A longer speech spoken by 1 character that usually involves inner thoughts, feelings or emotions.

• Dialogue

• Scenes

• Monologue

• Character

A conversation between two or more characters.

• Monologue

• Dialogue

• Scene

• Script

A written copy of the scene or play to be played out on stage

• Actors

• Book

• Script

• Pages

A series of actions with a beginning, middle, and end. If part of a play it acts as a "chapter," but it can also exist on it's own

• Scene

• Play

• Script

• Chapter