Playwriting pt. 1
What are the given circumstances?
Who, what, when, and where.
Who is Agatha Christie?
A murder mystery novelist.
What is dialogue?
A conversation that happens between two or more characters.
Who is the Protagonist in The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha Christie?
Helen.
What is the term called when a person is thought to be guilty of a crime?
A suspect.
What are stage directions?
What is the MDQ of the Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha Christie?
Will Helen find out what happened to Agatha Christie?
What is a MDQ?
Major Dramatic Question.
Who is the antagonist in The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha Christie?
Those who don't think Helen can figure out the mystery.
What is an alibi?
A claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.
What are some of the many things that might be included in order to make a play?
MDQ, Given Circumstances, character, research, location, time period, props, and costumes.
Who is Helen's boss?
Dorthea.
What is a scene?
A single unit of dialogue in a play.
What magazine does Helen worked for in the beginning of the play?
Gentlewoman's Gazette
What is a monologue?
A long speech one character gives on stage.
What is dramatic action?
An explanation of what the characters are trying to do.
What is a logline?
Give me your own example of a logline.
A summary of the plot.
What is conflict?
The obstacles that get in the way of the protagonist's goal.
What is Clyde's job and who does he work for?
Detective/Inspector of the Surrey Police.
What is a beat?
It is a dramatic pause.
Name all the character types.
Foil, narrator, raisonneur, protagonist, antagonist, and confidante.
Give me the Freytag Prymaid of The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha Christie.
Agatha goes missing, Helen looks at clues and suspects, finds out Agatha is at a hotel, detective arrive, and Helen becomes a full-time detective.
Name all the elements of comedy.
Running gag, juxaposition, mistaken identity, farce, satire, verbal wit.
Tell me one of the running gags in The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha Christie.
The tea. Or Clyde saying, "But you didn't hear it from me."
Please draw and label correctly Freytag's prymaid.
Bonus point if you tell me what type of plot it is.
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
Linear.