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Glossary of drama vocab
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- aside
- a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
- climax
- the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination
- comedy
- a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
- complication
- the act of complicating.
- costumes
- A style of dress, including garments, accessories, and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period, or people.
- dialogue
- conversation between characters in a play
- lighting
- an effect achieved by the arrangement of lights:
- monogue
- a long speech my one character to one or more other character onstage
- play
- a dramatic performance, as on the stage.
- props
- A theatrical property.
- set
- to arrange the scenery, properties, lights, etc., on (a stage) for an act or scene.
- soliloquy
- the act of talking while or as if alone.
- stage
- a raised platform or floor, as for speakers, performers, etc
- stage direction
- an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
- tragic flaw
- the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia.
- tragic hero
- a literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy
