Drama Background

The word drama comes from the Greek word for __________.

• action

• play

• stage

• dialogue

A play in written form is called _______ 

• dialogue

• a script

• a book

• a narrative

When characters have a conversation with each other in a play it is called ________.

• dialogue

• stage directions

• talking

• conversing

The practice of putting on the play is called ________

• Rehearsal

• Staging

• Practice

• Stage set

Items that actors use onstage during the performance to support the action are called

• sets

• props

• thingamabobs

• scenes

If the actors on stage are CLOSER to the audience they are what?

• downstage

• upstage

• center stage

A play is divided in what? (usually has 1 to 5 of these)

• Scenes

• Sets

• Acts

• Props

Acts are divided into smaller portions called what?

• Small acts

• scenes

• sets

• props

The cast are

• The people who perform in the play.

• The people who work backstage

The crew are

• The people who perform on stage

• The people who work backstage