Essential Drama Terms!

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Across
  1. 2. opening section before the dialogue begins
  2. 5. planned movement onstage
  3. 8. standing plywood backdrops
  4. 10. the list of characters in a play
  5. 13. two or more speakers speaking
  6. 15. the ‘taking down’ of the set
  7. 16. tells actor how to speak or move
  8. 17. actors return to the stage for applause
  9. 18. audience knows more than the characters
Down
  1. 1. objects used to enhance performance
  2. 3. a division of action within an Act
  3. 4. single speaker giving speech
  4. 6. everyone must exit the stage
  5. 7. a single line of writing
  6. 9. the complete structure of the play
  7. 11. character saying something privately to audience or another character
  8. 12. the words of a play printed on paper
  9. 14. wall between the actors and audience
  10. 15. script designed for the big screen
  11. 19. a chunk of action in the play