Full - Length Play

OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson you are expected to:
identify the various elements and structure of a Full-
Length Play;

participate in the preparation for an online Full-

Length Play performance; and

appreciate the value of dramatic interpretations as a

form of literary appreciation.
Drama
is a type of fiction that presents an illusion of reality through verse form or a
performance in a theater.

Types of Drama
Tragedy
Is a serious play that is usually about a great individual who
experiences personal struggle, including losing important people in
his or her life or having conflicts with other people around him or
her.
A good example of a tragic play is the literary classic Romeo and

Juliet by William Shakespeare. It is a story of lovers who came from

two powerful warring families and whose love was thwarted

because of the feud between their families. The story ended with

the death of Romeo and Juliet who want nothing more than to be

together,
Comedy
Typically deals with mundane human experiences of common
people. It is filled with humor, has a lighter tone compared to a
tragedy, and usually ends happily,
One good example of this is William Shakespeare's Much Ado

About Nothing, which is about two sets of lovers whose

relationships were ruined by a villain's evil scheme of defaming

one of the female protagonists on her wedding day. In the end, it

was discovered that the slander was untrue and the wrongly

accused woman was vindicated. It ended with a double wedding,

just like many romantic comedies.

A full-length play contains many acts and within each act are

several scenes, which make it longer than a one-act play.

Usually, it runs for 80 minutes or longer. Therefore it can contain

sub-stories within a major plot, having intertwining stories of each

character, more elaborate settings and spectacle, and moire

intricate dialogues and language.

All of William Shakespeare's plays such as Romeo and Juliet,

Hamlet, Macbeth, and many more are examples of full-length plays,

as they usually contain four to five acts with numerous characters

and settings.
Theme
- main idea or the underlying meaning of the play.

- What is the play all about? (Redemption, Love, Good vs. Evil, etc.

Plot

- sequence of events that make up a story.

- more room for significant events to take place.

- more room for sub -plots

Character
- portrayed by the actors and actresses on stage
Dialogue
- refers to the use of language to reveal thought, character,
situation.
Setting
- initiates the main backdrop and mood for a story.
Act
- is a section of the overall story.
- the main division of a full-length play.

Scene
- is a part of an act usually defined by the characters and setting
involved.
A scene changes when the location changes or a new character is
introduced.
PARALLELISM

the same pattern of words to show that

two or more ideas have the same level

of importance

the repetition of a chosen grammatical

form within a sentence

serves to give phrases a pattern and

rhythm.

IMPORTANCE OF PARALLELISM

Simple uses of parallelism create

readable and understandable passages

parallelism also provides prose, poetry,

and speeches with symmetry that the

human eye and ear both crave.

symmetry creates a rhythm and

repetition which can make phrases

more catchy, memorable, or

compelling.

PARALLEL ELEMENTS
The concepts to look at for one to
distinguish a parallel sentence or to
compose a parallel sentence
Essential in avoidance of “faulty

1 With elements joined

by coordinating
conjunctions,
especially and, but,
and or.

With elements joined by

coordinating conjunctions,

especially and, but, and or.

A series is a group of three or

more elements in a row.
The last element in the series is
connected to the others with one
of these coordinating
conjunctions: and, or, but (not),
or yet (not).
Commas should be placed
between each element in the
series and before the
coordinating conjunction.