Play Vocabulary

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Stage Directions

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written instructions about how actors and actressesshould speak their lines or move; not intended to be read aloud by the actors

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Narrator

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an inactive role in a play, typically standing offto the side of the stage and not interacting with the other characters. They often explain or move along the actionof the play.

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Dialogue

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the conversation between and among characters in aplay

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Lighting

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the focus of lights to draw attention to a single actor or a group of actors or the color mixture of the lights to create indoor/outdoor light or a time of day.

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Sound Effects

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created offstage to duplicate the normal sounds ofthe play's setting

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Monologue

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alonger speech by one character; an important, dramatic moment because allattention is focused on a single character.

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Cast

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is a list of characters who are the people oranimals that speak and perform the play

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Prologue

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an introductory speech or poem addressed to an audience at the beginning of a play; often spoken by the narrator.

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Scenery

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thebackground screens or hangings used to create places or setting of plays

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Act

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is a major division made up of two or more scenes

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Scene

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a smaller division within an act of a play; The time or setting orboth may change.