4th Grade Drama Vocabulary

the people, animals, or things portrayed in a play --

• drama

• playwright

• characters

• scene

the background and scenery in the play-

• act

• cast

• stage directions

• set

the tools the actors use to bring the play to life--

• narrator

• props

• script

• lines

the building where the play takes place --

• set

• characters

• theater

• playwright

text of the play, including what the actors do and say --

• script

• drama

• scene

• cast

tells the actor how to feel, what to do or the setting

• cast

• stage directions

• lines

• characters

major section of a play, like the chapters of a book

• acts

• cast

• stage directions

• narrator

author of the play

• narrator

• lines

• character

• playwright

words actors speak in the play

• props

• lines

• drama

• playwright

group of actors selected to act n a play --

• acts

• stage directions

• cast

• script