The Long Christmas Dinner
The place in the Bayard House that the story takes place.
What is the dining room?
This element of drama is what happens in a play and its order of events.
What is plot?
Defined as a shift - emotional or physical - that advances the narrative of a script and can be annotated by two slashes. (//)
What is a beat?
The actors and characters must do this when there is no turkey or silverware to use.
What is pantomime?
This element of drama demonstrates the music, or scores in a production that support its overall theme or structure.
What is rhythm/melody?
This is what a character wants out of a scene or another character.
What is objective/intention?
This many years go by over the course of the Long Christmas Dinner.
What is 90 years.
Using specific words such as "mournful" vs "sad" is an example of this element.
What is diction/language?
This describes a character's overall desire or intention throughout the play.
What is a super-objective?
The portals on either side of the stage have actors enter and exit, representing these themes.
What is birth and death?
Credibility and ethics define this sub-element of Character.
These are details or facts about the world that influences characters' actions, behaviors, and motivations.
What are given circumstances?
The Bayard House is located in this section of America.
What is the Midwest?
In "The Long Christmas Dinner," the dining room, the portals, the decorations, the positioning of the characters at the table, and the imaginary banquet all fall under this element of drama.
What is spectacle?
Using annotations such as "DL" or "UC" we can annotate this into our scripts to notate where a character is on stage.
What is blocking?