Drama

• Drama comes from the Greek word "dran" which means to do. It is a form of literature in which a story is told through the words and actions of characters. It is meant to be performed by actors. It can be acted on stage, film or television.
• A play is a dramatic performance, as on stage and a drama is a composition on prose or verse. This only means that drama refers to a form of written literature that is intended for performance while play refers to the theatrical performance. In simple words, drama is to be read and a play is to be seen.
• Comedies are lighter in tone than ordinary works, and provide a happy conclusion. The intention of dramatists in comedies is to make their audience laugh. Hence, they use quaint circumstances, unusual characters, and witty remarks.
• Tragedy / Tragic dramas use darker themes, such as disaster, pain, and death. Protagonists often have a tragic flaw - a characteristic that leads them to their downfall.
• Generally, a farce is a nonsensical genre of drama, which often overacts or engages slapstick humor.
• Melodrama is an exaggerated drama, which is sensational and appeals directly to the senses of the audience. Just like the farce, the characters are of a single dimension and simple, or may be stereotyped.
• In musical dramas, dramatists not only tell their stories through acting and dialogue, but through dance as well as music. Often the story may be comedic, though it may also involve serious subjects.
• Cold Reading - it is a reading of a script done by actors who have not previously reviewed the play.
• Costume - wardrobe and dress in general or to the distinctive style of dress to a particular people.
• Dialogue - it is the conversation that takes place among characters in drama.
• Genre - a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, distinguished from other categories by similarities in form, content, or both.
• Dress Rehearsals - is the final few rehearsals just prior to opening night in which the show is run with full technical elements. Full costumes and makeup are worn.
• Formal Theater - it focuses on public performance in front of an audience and in which the final production is most important.
• Improvisation - it is a spontaneous style of theater through which scenes are created without advance rehearsal or a script.
• Informal Theater - it focuses on small presentations, such as one taking place in a classroom setting. Usually it is not intended for public viewing.
• Makeup - these are products adapted to all makeup styles, foundation, eye shadows, lipsticks, gloss, eyeliner, etc.
• Mask - it is an object normally worn on the face typically for disguise, protection, performance or entertainment.
• Melodrama - it is a dramatic form popular in 1800s and characterized by an emphasis on plot and physical action (versus characterization), cliff- hanging events, heart-tugging emotional appeals, the celebration of virtue, and a strongly moralistic tone.
• Musical Theater - a form of theater that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.
• Mime - it is an incident art form based on pantomime in which conventionalized gestures are used to express ideas rather than represent actions.
• Pantomime - acting out a story through body motions without the use of speech.
• Play Bill - It is a poster, pamphlet, or a flier that advertises a stage play.
• Poster blurb - brief advertisement or announcement, especially a laudatory one.
• Props - it is a property, an object used on a stage or on screen by actors during a performance or screen production.
• Set Piece - realistic piece of stage scenery constructed to stand by itself.
• Stage Production - it is any work of theater such as staged play, musical, comedy, or drama produced from a written book or script.
• Tech Rehearsal - means rehearsals where technical elements such as sound and lightning are added to the show.