Drama Vocabulary

Question 1

The performer

Answer 1

Actor

Question 2

Part of the stage which projects into the auditorium

Answer 2

Apron

Question 3

The people watching the performance

Answer 3

Audience

Question 4

The set movements for the actors on stage

Answer 4

Blocking

Question 5

The turning point in the action of the play

Answer 5

Climax

Question 6

When suspense or tension builds between characters (or within the one character)

Answer 6

Conflict

Question 7

The clothing an actor wears on stage

Answer 7

Costume

Question 8

Conversations between two or more people

Answer 8

Dialogue

Question 9

The person who directs the action and guides the actors’ performances

Answer 9

Director

Question 10

The front of the performance space

Answer 10

Downstage

Question 11

The room backstage where the actors wait before coming onstage

Answer 11

Green Room

Question 12

When you make up a scene as you go along

Answer 12

Improvisation

Question 13

A speech for a single actor

Answer 13

Monologue

Question 14

The story of a play

Answer 14

Plot

Question 15

To supply the actor with the correct dialogue when they forget their line

Answer 15

Prompt

Question 16

An article or object used by an actor

Answer 16

Prop

Question 17

The part of the play which shows the solving of the conflict

Answer 17

Resolution

Question 18

The literal place of the action, ie. on the stage

Answer 18

Set

Question 19

The place where the action of the play occurs

Answer 19

Setting

Question 20

The actor’s performance space

Answer 20

Stage

Question 21

The person in charge behind the curtain

Answer 21

Stage manager

Question 22

The main idea running through the play

Answer 22

Theme

Question 23

The back of the performance space

Answer 23

Upstage

Question 24

The areas at the side of the stage

Answer 24

Wings