SOC SCI 100

THEATER/ DRAMA
 DRAMA
 Designed to be ACTED OUT on a
STAGE before an AUDIENCE.

 Greek “dran” meaning “to Act”

or “to Do”

 Literature in Action

 Dialogue & Action

 ELEMENTS OF
 Characters DRAMA
 Dialogue

 Plot

 Setting

 Stage Direction

 Theme
 ELEMENTS OF
 Characters DRAMA
 Dialogue

 Plot

 Setting

 Stage Direction

 Theme
 ELEMENTS OF
 Characters DRAMA
 Dialogue

 Plot

 Setting

 Stage Direction

 Theme
 ELEMENTS OF
 Characters DRAMA
 Dialogue

 Plot

 Setting

 Stage Direction

 Theme
 ELEMENTS OF
 Characters DRAMA
 Dialogue

 Plot

 Setting

 Stage Direction

 Theme
 ELEMENTS OF
 Characters DRAMA
 Dialogue

 Plot

 Setting

 Stage Direction

 Theme
 GENRE/ FORM

TRAGEDY

COMEDY

MELODRAMA

TRAGICOMEDY
 THEATER TERMINOLOGY

PARTS OF THE THEATRE

 PARTS OF THE THEATRE
Theatre
Deck
Proscenium
Apron
Wings
Tabs
Orchestra Pit
House
Greenroom
THEATER TERMINOLOGY

REHEARSAL
VOCABULARY
 REHEARSAL VOCABULARY

Rehearsal Beat
Script
Blocking
Read Through
Stage Direction Monologue
Stage Left
Motivation
Stage Right
Downstage Cheating
Upstage Prompt
Crossing
Ad Libbing
Exit
ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE

 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