Drama Vocabulary

" The four exit GINNY stops Harry"... this is an example of

• lines

• a cast of characters

• dialogue

• stage directions

The person who wrote the play

• dialogue

• playwright

• props

• dialogue

Drama has the same plot structure as fiction

• True

• False

Actors read their lines from a __________

Characters in the play

• dialogue

• playwright

• script

• actors or actresses

used by the actors to make the play more believable

• set

• scence

• props

• actress

The visual background of the stage including the walls

• Cast

• Props

• Scence

• Set

a story told through words, actions and is meant to be performed for an audience.

• play or drama

• cast of characters

• actors

• stage directions

THe smallest division of a play

• Scene

• Act

• Set

• Props

When a play has a happy ending it is a

• Climax

• Tragedy

• Comedy

• Resolution