Drama

Drama is a play acted on stage. Drama uses dialogue to reveal theme, subject, and characterisation.

Characteristics of Drama

• It relies on dialogue.
• It requires stage direction and descriptions.
• Characters’ kinesics and facial expressions are part of the story.
• Costume, props, and light effects accompany the story.

Terms in Drama

• Act: Action meant to be represented by the cast at a particular scene.
• Scene: Place and time location of a particular act.
• Conflict: Conflict or complication refers to challenges, opposition, or obstacles that move the plot of the story.
• Cast: Characters in a play or drama.
• Aside: A cast communicates with the audience but is not heard by other characters on the scene.
• Tragedy: When a story ends sadly; when the protagonist suffers some loss.
• Dialogue: Conversations going on in a story.
• Exit: When a cast leaves the scene.
• Soliloquy: When a cast thinks aloud. A cast in his lonely moment speaks out what he is thinking.
• Melodrama: A play with exaggerated events but which produces excitement in the audience.