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Actors performing a script in front of an audience
What is a drama (or theater)?
The sections of an act that occur in different settings
What are scenes?
Clothing and accessories worn by actors to portray the characters and the time period
What are costumes?
A list of all the characters in a play, usually in order of appearance
What is a cast?
Instructions for the actors, the director, and the stage crew; they are written in italics or in brackets
What are stage directions?
An object that is used in a play to enhance the setting
What is a prop?
Shakespeare's first name
What is William?
A type of dramatic work that is light and humorous and usually has a happy ending
What is a comedy?
A dramatic work that presents the downfall of a character due to bad judgement and leads to a disastrous conclusion
What is a tragedy?
The words or conversations spoken by characters to each other
What is a dialogue?
A speech that is spoken by a single character
What is a monologue?
The written form of a play.
What is a script?
Where a play is usually performed
What is in a theater?
The person who sets the scene for a play and comments on the action
Who is the narrator?
The nine (9) words that are spoken after "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow"
What is "Creeps in this petty pace from day to day?
Where the action of a play takes place; it usually has three walls and an invisible "fourth wall"
What is a stage?
The country where Shakespeare lived
What is England?
A struggle that characters go through; it needs to be resolved
What is a conflict?
A monologue in which a character speaks his/her thoughts out loud
What is a soliloquy?
The Shakespeare play that featured the words "Life's but a walking shadow..."
What is Macbeth?
It is displayed behind the actors to show the setting
What is scenery?
The author of a play
What is a playwright?
A major section of a play in which two or more scenes are grouped together
What is an act?
He wrote "A Christmas Carol"
Who is Charles Dickens?
The four ghosts that visit Ebeneezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol".
Who are Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Future?