Post on 07-Jan-2016
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Elements of a Play
What makes a play a play?
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Act:• One of the main divisions of a play or
Opera
Scene: • a division of a play or of an act of a play,
usually representing what passes between certain of the actors in one place.
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Stage Directions:
• 1. an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.• Audience does not hear them—they
only see them.
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Monologue:• a part of a drama in which a single actor speaks al
one at lengths
Soliloquy:• an utterance or discourse by a person who is
talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present (often used as a device in drama to disclose a character's innermost thoughts)
Characters
Denoted by their name
Reader/Viewer only know what the character
explicitly tell them, what can be inferred, and
what is implied. • All thoughts are kept to themselves unless
a Soliloquy is used.
Dialogue:
a literary work in the form of a conversation