Drama

What is a Cast of Characters?

• A list of the characters in a play

• A list of actors you would like to meet

• A description of the main character in a play

• Something the doctor puts on a broken arm

During ________________, the actors practiced their lines.

• recess

• reunion

• rehersal

• research

The dialogue in a play...

• are directions telling the actors what to do

• is the setting of the play

• are the words that characters say to each other

• tells how many people are in the audience

What does the narrator of a play do?

• Tells the story

• Talks to other characters

• Tells the actors how to act

• Collects the scripts after rehearsal

What is a script?

• The scene description

• A list of the characters

• A book

• The written words of a play

What tells the actors what to do?

• Script

• Rehearsal

• Stage directions

• Scenes

What are lines?

• The words a character says

• Directions for what the actors are supposed to do

• Lines painted on the stage to show the actors where to stand

• Stage directions

What are scenes?

• The words a character speaks

• Dialogue between two characters

• A list of characters in a play

• The way a play is divided up, like chapters in a book

What is a drama?

• When you argue with your friend on the playground

• A serious movie

• A play

• A sad TV show

Look at the script. What always comes at the beginning of a line?

• What the character looks like

• The character's name

• The scene

• The name of the play