Drama Terms
Drama Terms
Drama…a play
 Act…a division of a play
 Scene…a division of an act
 Stage directions… instructions the
playwright gives the actors and crew
 Dialogue…the conversation an actor has
with other actors or him or herself
 Playwright…the author of the play

Monologue-a long, uninterrupted speech that is
spoken by a single actor. In a soliloquy an actor
is on stage by him or herself and speaks lines.
 Aside…comment made while other actors are on
stage and heard only by the audience
 Types of drama:
Tragedy- unhappy ending; sometimes the death
of the protagonist
Comedy- has a happy ending

Protagonists are the main or central
figures of a drama.
 Antagonists are the onstage characters (or
unseen forces) who oppose them.
 Set is the term used for the onstage
scenery that suggests the time and place
of the action.
 Script is the written form of the play.
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Stage Directions

Stage directions telling the actors where
to stand or move are the following:
Downstage center
Downstage right
Downstage left
Upstage center
Upstage right
Upstage left
Center
Center right
Center left
UC
UL
CR
C
CL
DR
DC
DL
UR