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Title: Elements of Drama


1
Elements of Drama
All the world's a stage, And all the men and
women merely players They have their exits and
their entrances And one man in his time plays
many parts.. (As You Like It)
2
Diagram of a Stage
Upstage
Stage Right
Stage Left
Center Stage
Downstage
Tip-Stage left right are from the actors POV
Pit
Audience
3
Stage Directions
  • Define movements on the stage
  • Define how a line should be delivered
  • Ex (The dancers enter stage right.)
  • Ex (Laughing wickedly)
  • Stage directions are typically written in italics

4
Dialogue
  • A conversation between characters in a literary
    work.
  • The speech of the actors in the play

5
Function of Dialogue
  • Dialogue brings characters to life by revealing
    their personalities and by showing what they are
    thinking and feeling as they react to other
    characters.

6
Monologue
  • A long speech spoken by an actor
  • One person speaking

http//www.youtube.com/watch?v27D4k3dCXPgfeature
player_embedded
7
Soliloquies
  • A speech by an actor who believes he/she is
    alone.
  • Thinking aloud
  • http//www.youtube.com/watch?vRzuEKkPVeBQfeature
    related

8
Function of Soliloquies
  • A soliloquy typically reveals the private
    thoughts and emotions of the character.

9
Asides
  • In a play, a comment made by a character, but is
    not heard by the other characters onstage.
  • Essentially, the comment is given to the audience
  • http//www.youtube.com/watch?vsNa8QyAl2YE

10
Function of Asides
  • Asides are frequently used to provide information
    to the audience and to reveal the private
    thoughts of characters.
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