Elements of Drama

words spoken by the characters/actors

• stage directions

• dialogue

• Act

• props

the text of the play

• script

• props

• setting

• scene

all of the characters, usually portrayed by actors

• playwright

• narrator

• cast of characters

• act

the person who tells what happens during the play

• playwright

• cast of characters

• props

• narrator

written instructions telling the actors what to do

• script

• stage directions

• act

• dialogue

the time and place of the play

• setting

• scene

• act

• dialogue

the author of the drama/play

• narrator

• cast of characters

• playwright

• scene

a chapter in a play that contains more than one scene

• scene

• setting

• props

• act

the action that takes place in a single setting

• scene

• setting

• act

• dialogue

items used by the actors/characters

• dialogue

• props

• script

• dialogue