Across
- 4. a division of an act in a play during which the action takes place in a single place without a break in time
- 7. the written text of a stage play, screenplay, or broadcast; specifically: the one used in production or performance
- 8. An actor's words that address the audience directly to comment on the action, but which the other characters cannot hear
- 11. when you (the audience) know something about actions in the play of which other characters (in the play) are not aware
- 12. the secret weakness of character that brings about a tragic hero's downfall.
- 13. Directions an instruction in the text of the play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting
- 14. a long speech by one actor in a play during a conversation
Down
- 1. the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text who faces a struggle or conflict
- 2. a prolonged feud, often between two families, characterized by retaliatory acts of revenge; any act motivated by vengeance
- 3. the character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text who causes the struggle or conflict
- 5. A type of drama that examines the sorrowful or terrible events encountered by a heroic character
- 6. person who writes plays or adapts stories into plays to be acted out in word and action for an audience
- 7. a long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage
- 9. literature in play form, meant to be performed and seen
- 10. conversation between 2 or more characters which, in drama, moves the plot forward and reveals characters’ motives