To help you revise your drama vocabulary, fill in the missing vowels. Learn the spellings as you go along for the spelling test that follows.
Te writer of drama is called a dr_m_t_st or pl_ywr_ght. Te correct term for people in the story is ch_r_ct_rs.
Now rewrite the following by inserting the correct words from the list.
If I were working in the th__________ and choosing a play for our next performance, I would ask about the s__________ (time and place where the story happens). Ten I would want a good p_______ (storyline) and well written d_________ (conversation in a play). Interesting c_________s (people in a play) and interesting re_____ps between them are also very important. Our audience would expect the story to lead to a powerful c_______x (the moment of greatest emotion).
For our play, we would have to design a stage s__ and make a b_________p (the design at the back of the stage) for the back of the stage. We would also have to find p____s (moveable objects needed for this play).
Our actors need c_________es (theatre word for clothes) to make them look like people in the time and place of the story. Each actor will perform either a m________ (very important), or a m_______ (smaller) role. Actors must pay attention to the s________ d________s (the playwright’s instructions for how the lines should be spoken).
In r__________sal (practice sessions for a play), we would discuss the t_________ (the central idea) of the play with the director and c___ (group of actors).
If we chose a play by Shakespeare, it would be presented in five a____s, each subdivided into smaller s______s. It would probably have a s____- p____t (a secondary story running alongside the main story).
I would have to be at my acting best when speaking a m__________ or s__________uy (a speech which says aloud what I am thinking in my deepest self).
