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Morning!

GETTING INTO DRAMA

What is drama?

DRAMA Is a literary work intended to be performed on a stage in order to achieve maximum effect by means of dialogue, action, music, and lighting effects.

What is the Difference between Reading and Watching a Play or a

Drama?

Reading a Play/Drama

Imposes a greater responsibility on the reader than seeing it acted on the stage,and when you read a play you have to use your imagination more.

Watching a Play/Drama

When you attend a performance, you actually see and hear what is going on.

PLOT

Plot A play/drama follows a pattern which you must learn to observe. The essential elements of a dramatic plot are the following:

The exposition of the situation out of which the problem arises. This is given in the opening scene of the play.

The working up of the situation by a series of events into a conflict or a problem. This series of climactic incidents leads to the crisis or turning point.

A second development that may complicate the situation.

The end, which may settle the problem satisfactorily or unsatisfactorily.

CHARACTERIZATION

Characterization

The vitality of characters in a play is carefully brought out by their exterior appearance, clothes, manner of speech, actions, by what others say of them, and by their make-up. But as you read a play, you cannot see these; you have to imagine them.

SETTING

Setting

The setting provides a background which will suggest the environment of the play. The setting may be treated symbolically.

DIALOGUE

Dialogue

The dialogue reveals the style of a play. It is intended to be spoken by characters and heard by an audience who must understand what it is all about. It should be spoken and heard with ease.

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