Drama

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Across
  1. 3. The written text of a play
  2. 4. The physical environment on stage where a play takes place
  3. 5. The group of people a play is performed for
  4. 7. A major division of a play
  5. 10. A large piece of cloth, often painted or printed, that is hung at the back of the stage to create a visual background for a performance
  6. 11. Irony When the audience knows something that a character does not
  7. 12. A conversation between two characters
  8. 13. The most famous playwright
  9. 14. A monologue where characters share their thoughts with the audience
  10. 15. What you do at the end of a play
  11. 17. A long speech to the audience or another character on stage
  12. 19. A signal prompting an event in a performance
  13. 20. You pay for this to gain entry
  14. 21. A group of musicians, dancers, or actors who perform together
Down
  1. 1. A person who performs in plays
  2. 2. A person who writes plays
  3. 3. An instruction in the text of a play indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting
  4. 6. What actors wear on stage to become their character
  5. 8. The use of closeness or distance between characters to make a point
  6. 9. A division of an act, like chapters in a play
  7. 10. The precise movement and positioning of actors on stage
  8. 13. A raised platform where a play is performed
  9. 16. When a character speaks to the audience and the other characters do not hear
  10. 17. Standing in front of actors, obscuring them from the audience
  11. 18. The country where theatre began
  12. 19. A genre of plays designed to make the audience laugh