Play Excerpt Stage Directions and Dialogue

1. This is where you can find the names of the characters in the play.

• stage directions

• dialogue

• cast list

• stage props

Which of the following does NOT help create and develop the characters in the play?

• Scene number

• Costumes

• Dialogues

• Stage directions

Fill in the gap. Stage directions are enclosed in _________.

• speech marks

• colons

• full stops

• brackets

What do stage directions tell the actors?

• how many scenes there are in an act

• the meaning of the unfamiliar words in the script

• how to speak the dialogues and behave on stage

• the names of other characters in the play

In the play script, the dialogue begins with the name of the character. What punctuation mark comes after the character's name?

• brackets

• full stop

• colon

• comma

What does playwright do?

• directs the play

• writes the play script

• provides the costumes of the actors

• provides the background music

The dialogues in the ________ are in the form of direct speech.

• story

• play

• movie

• recipe

A play can have one or more acts.

• The statement is true.

• The statement is false.

The props refer to the number of actors that can play in a particular act.

• The statement is true.

• The statement if false.

Which of the following refers to the items to be used on stage?

• dialogues

• props

• stage directions

• scene number