Assessment

It is a genre of literature that is meant to be performed by actors on stage.

• Readers Theatre

• Musical

• Drama / Play

A story that ends in misfortune or death for the main characters.

• Comedy

• Thriller

• Tragedy

A play that is humorous and usually has a happy ending.

• Love story

• Romantic Comedy

• Comedy

These are the lines spoken by the characters

• Soliloquy

• Dialogue

• Speech

These are usually printed in italics inside parentheses and can also signal what the characters are feeling.

• Spectacles

• Stage Direction

• Stage business

Stage Business

• This refers to the visual elements of a play: sets, costumes, special effects, etc

• The movements and activities of the actors on stage during a performance.

• It helps actors get into character, and they immediately tell the audience something about what’s going on.

Lights

• It takes the place of paint in many productions because it instantly transforms backgrounds, indicating changes in mood, action, and location.

• This refers to the visual elements of a play: sets, costumes, special effects, etc.

• The placement, intensity, and color of lights to help communicate environment, mood, or feeling.

Spectacles

• The effects an audience hears during performance to communicate character, context, or environment.

• These are any moveable object that appears on stage during a performance and costume help portray the film character's personality

• This refers to the visual elements of a play: sets, costumes, special effects, etc.

  Sounds

• a.   This refers to the visual elements of a play: sets, costumes, special effects, etc.

• b.   These are any moveable object that appears on stage during a performance and costume help portray the film character's personality.

• c. Sound effects, in addition to music played between scenes, also affect mood, action, and location.

What is the theme of Romeo and Juliet?

• Happy

• Sad

• Tragedy