Dramatic terminology

Which terms defines this: males or females playing character roles.

• protagonist

• actor

• director

• playwright

Which term defines this: preserved as a moving film.

• dialogue

• photographed

• filmed

Which term defines this: story in dialogue form to be acted out by actors before a live 

audience.

• play

• musical

• revue

Which term defines this: the conversation between actors on the stage.

• battle

• dialogue

• gossip

Which term defines this: repeated action that becomes a custom or ceremony.

• rehearsal

• habit

• ritual

Which term defines this: the writing or performing of plays, as well as the formal study of 

the art form.  Also, a building in which plays are performed.

• theatre

• cinema

• stage

Which term defines this: a story written to be played out on stage.

• fairy tale

• drama

• comedy

Which term defines this: a written copy of the dialogue that the actors will speak.

• book

• script

• conversation

Which term defines this: the term used to cover all parts of training or instruction in the 

field of theatre.

• dramatic arts

• theatre arts

• visual arts

Which term defines this: an actor’s assumed behavior for the purpose of projecting a 

character to an audience.

• acting

• speaking

• imitating