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Drama terminologies

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A frozen picture that tells a story

a)

Adlib

b)

Tableau

c)

Masking

d)

Improvisation

2.

People who watch the performance

a)

Crowd

b)

Audience

c)

Cast

d)

Crew

3.

The word use to describe the things that are placed on the stage to establish the scene.

a)

Setting

b)

Props

c)

Set

d)

Stage properties

4.

A conversation between two or more characters in a play

a)

An Act

b)

A Dialogue

c)

A Monologue

d)

An Improvisation

5.

A play written down

a)

Text

b)

Lines

c)

Script

d)

An act

6.

The image below accurately represents which theatre terms?

a)

Monologue, lines, script

b)

Lines, dialogue, script

c)

script only

d)

An act, improvisation, lines

7.

At the end of a theatrical performance the cast returns to the stage and is applauded by the audience.... This called

a)

A performance

b)

Call time

c)

Curtain call

d)

To be seen by the audience for the last time

8.

Which drama term accurately sums up the image

a)

Stage properties

b)

Set

c)

Tableau

d)

Acting gears

9.

The words written in a script for the actor(s) to say during performance.

a)

Dialogue

b)

Lines

c)

monologue

d)

None of the above

10.

An long, uninterrupted speech by one actor in a play or film.

a)

Dialogue

b)

Monologue

c)

Soliloquy

d)

Lines

11.

A group of people working ‘behind the scenes’ on a stage play, film or production.

a)

Cast

b)

Crew

c)

Production personnel's

d)

Directors

12.

The group of actors in a film or stage play.

a)

Cast

b)

Crew

c)

Production personnel

13.

The positioning of actors on the stage during a performance to bring out the meaning of the script.

a)

Casting

b)

Blockings

c)

Acting

d)

Performance

14.

(a)   are notes in a script, written by the playwright to tell the actors where to sit, stand, move about, enter and exit.

15.

Scenes in a play where actors create the dialogue and actions without a script or previous planning.

a)

Acting

b)

Tableau

c)

Improvisation

d)

Performance

16.

The image best represents a.....

a)

Drama

b)

Set

c)

Props

d)

Setting

17.

The preparation process which involves the meeting of the cast and crew to practice for the performance.

a)

Acting

b)

Rehearsal

c)

Audition

d)

Show time

18.

Secretly telling the lines or movement in the script to the actors on stage when they forget what to do.

a)

Rehearsal

b)

Prompt

c)

Performance

d)

Improvisation

19.

The image best describes which theatre term

a)

Performance

b)

Late comers

c)

Call time

d)

Curtain call

20.

The image below best describes which Drama terminology?

a)

Set

b)

Masking

c)

Setting

d)

Strike