Parts of a Play
The written text of a play.
What is a SCRIPT?
An actor's part in a play.
What is a ROLE?
Objects used by actors in a play.
What are PROPS?
The action of a play.
What is a PLOT?
Someone who pretends to be someone else while performing in a play.
What is an ACTOR?
A group of scenes that form an important part of a play.
What is an ACT?
The act of practicing the play.
What is a REHEARSAL?
A signal given to people working in or on a play.
What are CHARACTERS?
The person who works with the actors and decides how the show will be presented.
What is a DIRECTOR?
The part of an act in a play with a given place or time.
What is a SCENE?
The act of presenting a play.
What is a PERFORMANCE?
The large physical objects that suggest the world of the play to help suggest the setting.
Where and when the story takes place.
What is a SETTING?
The characters or actors taking part in a play.
What is a CAST?
The area where the actors perform.
What is a STAGE?
The lines spoken between characters in a play.
What is DIALOGUE?
A performer who speaks directly to the audience to tell a story or give information.
What is a NARRATOR?
The action of solving a problem or conflict.
What is a RESOLUTION?
The person who writes the plays.
What is a PLAYWRIGHT?
A problem between characters that brings action important to the plot.
What is a CONFLICT?
Clothing worn by an actor during a show.
What is a COSTUME?
The part of a script that is written in parentheses (****) that tells actors how to move or speak their lines.
Stage Directions
The moral, message or lesson of a play or other work of fiction.
What is a THEME?
The people watching the play.
What is an AUDIENCE?