Parts of a Play
Establishes characters in the story and situation.
What is the Beginning of the story?
telling a story without dialogue.
What is pantomime?
tall, short, skinny, hairy, beautiful, hideous.
What are external characteristics?
The bottom or front area of the stage.
What is the apron?
A verbal command the director gives to stop the dialogue.
What des it mean to freeze?
A conflict is revealed and the situation arises.
What happens in the middle of a story?
suggested actions of a character (no talking)
What is a mime?
when you are acting as your character on stage you feel the story. This makes for a good production.
What is Getting into Character?
The actors right side in the middle of the stage.
Where is right center stage?
To ad-lib or invent dialogue.
What is improv?
Conflict is resolved on some level.
What happens at the end of a story?
desires, thoughts, feelings, perceptions, internal conflicts.
What are internal characteristics?
familiar type of character that society knows. A character who is typical and easily identified by an audience.
What is a Stereotypical character?
The actors left side at the back of the stage.
Where is up stage left?
“________________ is a deliberate performance created by live actors and intended for a live audience, typically of scripted language. “
What is theatre or theater?
Every story has a _____________ who has a conflict that is resolved at the end.
What is a character?
houghts by one person written in first person.
What is a monologue?
a description of who your character is. Everything you want/ need to know about them.
What is a character analysis?
An actor positions their body to face the audience.
What is opening out ?
comes from the Greek word meaning “to act” or “to do”. A story written or played on some type of stage.
What is drama?
What the actor or actress says in the show.
What is dialogue?
familiar type of character that society knows. A character who is typical and easily identified by an audience.
What is a stereotypical character?
behaviors that are repeated by a character, something they keep doing.
What are mannerisms?
From Hamlet by William Shakespeare, this is an example of a dramatic monologue, where a character speaks without interruption.
What is "To Be Or Not To Be"?
was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
Who was William Shakespeare?