Drama Vocabulary

The person who tells what happens during the play

• drama

• Narrator

• scene

• setting

A written instruction in a play telling an actor what to do

• dialogue

• stage directions

• cast

• props

The text of the play

• script

• cast

• scene

• drama

the objects used in a play

• scene

• props

• setting

• actors

The time and place in the play

• setting

• cast

• drama

• stage directions

All the characters (actors) in a play

• setting

• props

• cast

• drama

The action that takes place in a single setting; shows a change in setting

• scene

• stage directions

• cast

• script

People playing character roles in a drama

• dialogue

• stage directions

• actors

• drama

The words said by the characters

• drama

• actor

• dialogue

• cast

A story written to be performed by actors

• stage directions

• fiction

• cast

• drama