Drama Vocabulary

A performer who assumes the role of a character in a play:

• Director

• Producer

• Actor

• Playwright

Someone who tells a story, filling in the gaps for the audience:

• Narrator

• Speaker

• Playwright

• Author

A signal for an actor to speak or move

• Monologue

• Aside

• Act

• Cue

Things that drama will always contain (plot, characters, etc.)

• Elements

• Acts

• Scenes

• Playwrights

The author of a play is called a(n)

• Author

• Writer

• Playwright

• Playmaster

Drama is:

• a form of nonfiction

• a division of a play

• a story acted out in front of an audience

• a stage area out of sight of the audience

The physical surroundings - usually built to fit the play

• Props

• Stage

• Set

• Costumes

An instruction written as part of the script

• Cue

• Scene

• Stage Direction

• Dialogue

Any movable object on the set of a play

• Prop

• Set

• Costume

• Melody

An actor's outfit and makeup

• Costume

• Greasepaint

• Prop

• Line