theatrical forms

• drama - story enacted onstage for a live audience
• drama - comes from the greek verb "dran" which means " to do"
• conflict - is a struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces
• tragedy - is a play that ends unhappily
• tragedy - the protagonist of most classical tragedies is a tragic hero
• comedy - play that ends happily , usually centers on a romantic conflict
• modern comedies - the genders in romantic plot sometimes are reversed
• melodrama - comes from the Greek "melos" , melody
• melodrama - is mainly judgemental drama where always good wins over the evils
• melodrama - comes from music drama - used to increase emotions or to signify characters
• theatre artists include

  • actors
  • directors
  • lighting technicians
  • stage crew
• stages - can have many different sizes and layouts
• "thrust" stage - extends into the viewing area, the audience are on the stage three sides
• in the round stage - surrounded by an audience on all sides
• proscenium stage - a stage with a proscenium arch behind the opening
• scene design consists of

  • sets
  • lighting
  • costumes
  • props
• lighting director - skillfully uses light to change the mood and appearance of the set
• costume director works with the director to design the actors' costumes
• props - items that the characters carry or handle onstage
• • dialogue - conversations of characters onstage
  • monologue - long speech given by one character to other
  • soliloquy - speech by a character alone onstage
  • asides - remarks made to the audience