Drama Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. The consequence will give the character a reason to pursue the objective throughout the play
  2. 4. Hints, delivered through the characters’ lines and/or actions, of events to come that help create an air of suspense in the play.
  3. 6. A literary editor of a theater who consults author
  4. 8. Objects used by an actor in a performance
  5. 13. A line/scene that is performed without any preparation
  6. 15. A characters goals or desire
  7. 16. A level of meaning implicit or underlying the surface of a script
  8. 18. When an actor has memorized his or her lines enough to not carry his or her script in hand
  9. 20. the environment in which a play’s action takes place
  10. 22. Pages that contain only the lines or part of a scene that an actor is to use for an audition
  11. 23. The beginning of a play, introduces characters and conflict
  12. 26. A character's style is established by the way he or she speaks and acts
  13. 28. The sense that the events of play and the actions of the characters are progressing in a believable and psychologically motivated way
  14. 30. A figure who undertakes the action of the plot
  15. 32. Specific stage movements by actors/Position of actors on stage
  16. 34. Performing a monologue or scene in an audition without ever having read it
  17. 36. Division of an act of a play
  18. 37. A speech or portion of a play in which only one character speaks
  19. 39. What happens in a play
  20. 40. A signal that alerts an actor to speak
  21. 41. The point at which the conflict explodes
Down
  1. 1. Sometimes contrasted with comedies/Usually more serious
  2. 2. the sequence of events that take place in a story
  3. 5. The person who stages the production
  4. 7. When an actor improvises or makes up dialogue during a scene
  5. 9. Information included in the script by the playwright which provides
  6. 10. The way in which a character sees the world.
  7. 11. Reason(s) that drive a character to think, act or speak in a certain way
  8. 12. What the character is wearing
  9. 14. A conversation between two or more characters
  10. 17. An added element to a story that makes the main conflict more difficult for the main character
  11. 19. The conclusion or ending of the play
  12. 21. A struggle between opposing forces
  13. 24. The particular time and place in which the play takes place
  14. 25. Major Division in the action of a play
  15. 27. The play’s central idea
  16. 29. The structure of a story
  17. 31. When actors read through the entire script with all involved artists present
  18. 33. The way language is used
  19. 35. A problem that gets in the way
  20. 37. Rhythm of sounds integrated into a play script
  21. 38. The playwright’s attitude toward the characters and situations in the script
  22. 39. Brief trial performance by an actor, singer,or dancer