Elements of Drama
An author of a play
What is playwright?
Tells what is happening in the play and describes the setting.
Narrator
A conversation between characters.
What is dialogue?
Is conversation between or among characters
What is dialogue?
The time an place of the story or play.
What is setting?
A play that usually has a sad ending.
What is a tragedy.
A story performed onstage for an audience.
Drama
Another word for drama.
Play
What is the difference between an act and a scene?
An act is a chapter in a play that contains scenes.
A scene is the action that takes place in a single setting.
When the setting changes.
Scenes
Small movable items, that makes the actors roles more realistic.
What are props?
What does a script tell us?
The text of the play.
The central idea of the play.
Lesson, message moral, theme
The sets of bracketed information that describe the scenery and how the characters should move and speak.
What are stage directions?
A play based mostly on jokes and humor.
A comedy.