Drama Terminology

3. Acting without preparation
8. The background of the play
10. The point of the highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action of the play
11. Preparing a play for performance
15. The character who provides the obstacles to the protagonist's objective
17. Info about what has happened before the action of the play begins
18. A part/character written by a playwright
20. The words spoken by the actors during a play

1. The individual who writes the play
2. The phase in the action after the exposition has been presented and the plot has begun to build
4. The principal character around whom the action revolves
5. An observation or remark made by a character to the audience that is not heard by others
6. The solution to the conflict of the play
7. The personalities or parts that actors become in a play
9. The play in written form
12. A speech in which an actor, usually alone on stage, speaks his/her thoughts aloud
13. The pattern of movement actors follow while on stage
14. Individual who is in charge of all aspects of the production
15. Reciting lines, creating a character and presenting a story
16. A group of lines spoken by just one person
19. Two actors face each other with the upstage foot advanced toward center