Drama Vocabulary CCCS

SCENE

• a small section or portion of a play

• a major section of a play

soliloquy

• when the actor says his/her thoughts alone on stage

• when the actor talks too much

• when the actor is alone

• when the characters are alone

foil

• the protagonist

• a character who is a contrast to another character

• the antagonist

• the author

groundlings

• people who live on the ground

• gardeners

• people who had to watch the play while standing on the ground

• people who had to watch the play from a mile away on the ground

idiom

• pun

• personification

• protagonist

• an expression particular to a language

pit

• where you barbeque

• where the groundlings stood

• where the actors stood

• where you go to dinner

Tragic flaw

• the trait that causes the downfall of the character

• an error in casting

• problems with actors

• a trait that makes a protagonist

satire

• sitting on a tire

• making fun of something to expose it

• personification

• soliloquy

catharsis

• fish

• friendship

• cleansing or purification of emotions

• writing

En Medias Res

• Starting a play in the middle of the plot

• Latin for "One out of Many"

• Monologue

• Prototype