Elements of A Play
What is Thing you're Supposed To Do Before You Direct A Play
A PlayScript
What Does USR mean?
UpStage Right
When About did Thespis Become The First Actor?
Around 534 or 535 BC
What is Exposition?
The start of the play that introduces essential background information
Who writes a Playscript?
The Director
A play often needs the following features
A Title, PlayScript, Blurb, Character List, Scene Description, Dialogue, Stage Directions, and Voice Directions
What is A Backstage?
An area behind the stage
Where did Drama develop?
Roman Adaptations
What is a Rising Action?
Like The Problem in the Story
What is a Playscript?
A Script that is made by the Director of the Play
What is a Blurb?
A short description that describes what the play is about
What is an Apron?
An arch that extends into the audience
Who is Considered the First Actor
Thespis
What is A Climax?
The Highest Tension of the Story
What is the number one thing you should not use in the Playscript?
Inverted Commas (")
What are Characters in The Play?
A group of Characters Played By Actors that the Directors hires
What Sometimes Marks the Centre of the Stage?
A Star
What Thing is Featured in Theatre of Ancient Greece
Hymns Called Dithyrambs
What is A Falling Action?
The Part of the story that is after the climax
What should you use instead of Inverted Commas?
Brackets ()
What is Dialogue?
Spoken words by actors
What is a Proscenium Line?
An Imaginary Line (Sometimes in the Design)
What Country made Drama?
Ancient Greek (700 BC)
What is A Resolution?
The Final Part of the Play
What is shown before each line of dialogue?
A Colon (:)