THEATRE VOCABULARY

a piece of dramatic work for the stage

• a play

• a monologue

• tragedy

The person who makes the decisions and tells the actors what to do.

• lines

• director

• stage

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.7

a verb to practice the lines of the play before there is an audience.

• to act

• to play

• to reahearse

a play with a sad or unhappy ending.

• comedy

• tragedy

• monologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

a section of a play or film; the play or film is usually divided into these.

• cast

• stage

• scene

A verb, when an actor play a role in a film or in the theatre.

• to rehearse

• to act

• to sing

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

A play with a funny or happy ending

• tragedy

• monologue

• comedy

The place in the theatre where the actors do the play.

• scene

• stage

• script

Two actors speaking together.

• dialogue

• monologue

• script

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

one actor speaking for a long time.

• dialogue

• script

• monologue