P6 Script Elements

What do you call a written text for a play?

What do you call the person who writes the play for theatre?

• director

• actor

• playwright

• writer

What do you call a large section of a play or a major division of a play that usually divides a play when there is a change in the story focus?

• scene

• chapter

• setting

• act

What do you call the smaller division within an act of a play which usually signals change in setting or time period?

• scene

• chapter

• book

• act

What do you call the list of roles to be acted in the play? It usually includes the descriptions of the roles

What do you call the lines that the characters are saying in a playscript?

• Dialogue

• Expressions

• Essay

• Statements

What do you call the name before dialogue? It is usually followed by a colon.

• Actor

• Speaker / Speaker's Name

• Performer

• Cast

What do you call the instructions written in the playscript for the performers or technical team to do?

It is usually inside the parentheses or it is italicised.

• Rules & Regulations

• Instructions

• Guidelines

• Stage Directions

What do you call the part of a playscript that may include the act & scene number, setting, or title of the scene?

• Heading

• Footnote

• Title

• Poster

What element of a playscript is highlighted in the picture?

• Speaker's Name

• Dialogue

• Stage Direction

• Heading