Elements of a Play

It is a story intended to be performed.

• Play

• Movie

• Role Play

• Monologue

The written form of a play is

• Drama Script

• Theater Script

• Play Script

• Script

Author of a Play

• Director

• Plywright

• Dramatist

• Author

A type of drama intended to interest and amuse the audience.

• Tragedy

• Tragicomedy

• Comedy

A serious drama in which the protagonist suffers a series of unfortunate events that lead to death or spiritual breakdown

• Tragedy

• Tragicomedy

• Comedy

A serious play that has some qualities of comedy that may be a commentary

• Tragedy

• Tragicomedy

• Comedy

The action of a drama that helps the audience understand the elements of a drama

• Characters

• Plot

• Music

• Setting

These are the people (sometimes animals or ideas) portrayed by the actors in the play. They move the action, or plot, of the play forward.

• Characters

• Plot

• Music

• Setting

It refers to the time and place in which the action occurs. It also refers to the scenery and physical elements that appear on stage to vivify the author’s stage directions

• Characters

• Plot

• Music

• Setting

The words written by the playwright and speeches that the characters use to advance the action

• Theme

• Music

• Movement

• Dialogue