THEATRE FINE ARTS

Elements of Drama: Spectacle

Technical aspects of a performance, for example: sets, props, costumes, lights, etc.

Elements of Drama: Diction

Language that is used by the playwright (language or dialogue)

Elements of Drama: Character

The “who” in the play. Can be human, animal, or even a natural entity or emotion

Dramatic Play

Term definition.

informal theatrical study, e.g. rehearsal or creating skits in class

Elements of Drama: Plot

The action in the drama

Elements of Drama / Elements of Theatre

Terms that Aristotle first developed to explain how good dramatic performances were created

Example.

plot, character, thought, diction, melody, or spectacle

Elements of Drama: Thought

What the audience learns in the course of a performance (can also be called moral or theme)

Music or what is communicated by the chorus

Music or what is communicated by the chorus

Performance

formal presentation of theatrical performance, would include an audience and technical elements

Conventions of Theatre

rules or guidelines used in a performance to create the world of the play

Example.

stock characters in melodrama, singing in musicals