Elements of Drama

written instructions for actors

• stage directions

• dialogue

• script

• act

Written "book" for actors

• Stage directions

• props

• script

• scenes

What actors say to each other

• Script

• Dialogue

• Acts

• Scenes

"chapters" of a drama

• theatre

• script

• acts

• scene

show changes in setting over time

• scene

• script

• theatre

• act

objects used to bring the script to life

• script

• acts

• Actors

• props

where a drama is performed

• act

• location

• theatre

• prop

characters in a drama

• act

• actors

• people

• scene

understanding how the character might interact with other characters

• relationship

• role

• tension

• focus

becoming a characters point of view and attitude

• tension

• script

• character/ role

• focus