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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Objective
At the end of the lesson, you will be
able to:
• Explore different staging modalities
vis-à-vis envisioning the script
(HUMSS_CW/MPIjc-18
Specifically, you are expected to:
1. familiarize oneself with the
different performance spaces when
staging a drama;
2. identify the different stage layouts;
3. determine different circumstances
influencing staging
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Activity 1. Characters, Setting. Plot
Directions: In the clappers provided, give a brief description of the literary elements of drama.
Character
1.Different Stages
a. Proscenium theater- the audience
can view the performance through
the fourth wall or picture frame. This
means that the house or the
audience can see the actors and
actresses on the stage from a single
view. In this type of stage, the
audience feels disconnected from the
actions but it is easy to stage your
work in this space.
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b. Arena stage- the
audience can view the
performance from all
sides. This is also called
theater-in-the- round.
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c. Thrust stage- the
audience can view the
performance in three sides,
in this stage , the audience
feels being part of the
actions and there is an
intimate atmosphere
created. The performers can
utilize the backstage
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d . Traverse stage – the
audience is in two sides of
the stage and are facing
each other. They can see
the work that happens on
both sides but may see
entirely different shows
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e. Experimental stage- this is also known as
an informal stage or promenade theater. The
performance can be done in front of the
store, in the forest, supermarket, beach and
others or indoor. The world is your stage as
they say.
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2. Stage Layouts/Directions
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2. Stage Layouts/Directions
a. Upstage - this means away from the stage
front. In the proscenium stage, this usually
serves as the entrance or exit of the performers.
It is where crosses or counter crosses of the
actors and actresses take place (see figure 1).
When a performer is on the upstage, she/he can
be seen as lesser important than the one on the
downstage.
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2. Stage Layouts/Directions
b. Center stage- the center of
the playing area
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2. Stage Layouts/Directions
c. Downstage- the area closest to the
audience, when a character is placed in this
area, this leaves the impression that he/she is
an important character.
Note: downstage and upstage cannot be used
in other types of stages but proscenium only
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3. The Script and other Influencing Circumstances on
Staging a Play
a. Scenery- includes any non-costume visual
element used in support of a production. This is
any nonpermanent two- or three-dimensional
background or environmental element that is
placed on the stage so as to suggest the historical
period, locale, and mood of the play being
performed.
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3. The Script and other Influencing Circumstances on
Staging a Play
b. Script - is a form of writing in the
form of drama. It consists of dialogues
and information about the characters
like their age, occupation and the
relationship of the characters.
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3. The Script and other Influencing Circumstances on
Staging a Play
c. Dialogues- are what the characters say to each other. This is
central to a good drama. To make it sound realistic, you need to read
it aloud yourself. You have to ask yourself these questions:
Where does this character come from?
What age are they?
What kind of person are they?
What mood are they in?
Who are they talking to?
Your grandfather speaks differently from your younger brother and
an Ilonggo from a Cebuano as well
3. The Script and other Influencing Circumstances on
Staging a Play
d. Structure - the order that action and scenes are
placed for dramatic effect. This can be linear and nonlinear. When events in the play run from beginning to
end or in chronological order, you have a linear
structure. When events unfold from the present to the
past or flashback, you have a non-linear structure.
Reading and understanding the script is vital to know
in which manner the events of the play happen.
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e. Set- this is the
scenery and the
furniture on stage.
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f. Props- are the items held or used by
actors/actresses onstage to make the
action more realistic. When staging a
drama always think of what is necessary.
Too many props can be very difficult for
the performers to use and as they are to
be brought on stage and off stage, they
can slow down the action.
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g. Transition and Flow- this the
movement from one scene to
another. A messy transition like
interrupting the actions for
costume change or to rearrange
the set ruins the attention of the
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h. Proxemics and Levels-this is how
the characters are on a stage. The
distance or level between
character/actors shows their
relationships and feelings and give
clues of the situation or the people
within the situation at that moment.
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i. Costume- special kind of clothing's on
the body of the characters on stage to
help in the dramatic action and the
interpretation of the script contents. They
can be every day clothes or symbolical
ones. You can add accessories such as
masks, walking sticks, necklaces and
others.
j. Blocking- is not just the movement of
the performers on a stage but this also
reveals the relationship of the actors and
actresses between each other and one
and another. This communicates your
interpretation of the key points of the
story in your script.
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k. Audience awareness- along with
interpreting the script, it is important
to think of who the audience is .This
is a group of individuals gathered
together at a certain period and
place for without any other purposes
but to see the performance.
Activity #1
In this activity, there are descriptions written for the
different staging modalities. Read them thoroughly and
write T-for the descriptions that suit TRAVERSE stage, Th
for THRUST, P for PROSCENIUM, A for ARENA and E for
EXPERIMENTAL