DRAMA TERMS: Flashcards
audience:
the people who watch the performance; those for whom the performance is intended
costume/costuming:
clothing and accessories worn by actors to portray character and period
context:
means circumstances forming a background of an event, idea or statement, in such a way as to enable readers to understand the narrative; may be something biographical, cultural, historical, sociological , or political
director:
the person who is responsible for the overall interpretation of a dramatic work, bringing all the elements together to create a unified production.
director’s notes:
they are the notes the director makes on the script or during shooting regarding production
drama:
“drama” refers to any work designed to be represented on a stage by actors; a drama is a serious play (though it may end either happily or unhappily) dealing with a problem of importance.
play:
the performed dramatic production seen on stage in live theater
script:
the words printed on paper spoken by the actor
act:
a chunk of the play’s action. ( can be roman numeral)
scene:
a division of action within an act. Shakespeare’s plays have a variety of numbers of scenes which are noted with a small Roman numeral.
line:
a single line of writing in a play noted with Arabic numbers.
monologue:
a single fictional speaker – usually a performance actor -gives an extended speech, either as if alone on stage
dialogue:
when two or more speakers speak to one another; the spoken exchanges that comprise a play
dramatic irony:
when a character says something, but the audience knows more than the character does about other characters or events; a double meaning that the audience “gets” and the character doesn’t.
blank verse:
unrhymed iambic pentameter.
-Shakespeare’s plays are mostly written in blank verse.
prologue:
an opening section of a longer work such as a novel or a play; establish and/or anticipate character, theme, action or setting,
pathetic fallacy
this is an artistic device whereby Nature reflects a character’s feelings and/or the mood of the events in the literature
