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| Subdivision between sections of a play |
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| the process or state of acting or of being active |
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| the who opposes the hero or protagonist |
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| Lines spoken by an actor to the audience and not supposed to be overheard by other characters on-stage |
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| a medieval narrative that ends happily |
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| comedy that satirically portrays the manners and fashions of a particular class or set |
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| A comic scene (or line) included in an otherwise straight-faced play to provide a relief from tension for the audience |
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| a woman to whom secrets are confined or with whom private matters and problems are discussed |
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| the opposition of persons or forces that gives rise to the dramatic action in a drama or fiction |
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| a character struggling with an outside force or with someone else |
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| a character struggling with him/herself or trying to escape a state of mind |
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| a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with them a single language |
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| The spoken text of a play - conversations between characters is dialogue |
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| Scene or speech which follows the main action of the play and provides some insight or comment on the action |
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| an appearance or manifestation especially of a divine being |
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| Form of comedy play originated in France, using fast-paced physical action and visual comedy more than humour based on language |
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| preventing the enemy from attaining an end |
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| A style of performance - a way of categorising different types of drama |
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| exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
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| A Melodrama is a dramatic work that exaggerates plot and/or characters in order to appeal to the emotions |
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| the arrangement of actors and scenery on a stage for a theatrical production |
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| A speech within a play delivered by a single actor alone on stage |
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| A traditional story, which may define how a particular civilisation came into being, or a tale with a clearly defined moral code designed for social education |
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| the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story |
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| The section of plot at the start of a play which provides essential background information about the characters, their situation, and their relationships to each other |
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| a collection of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the climax |
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| the point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action |
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| the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved |
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| The point during a drama when the plotline reaches a conclusion, and conflict is resolved |
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| Short scene or speech before the main action of the play to put it into context or set the scene |
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| the leading hero in a play who has to fight the antagonist |
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| of or relating to rites or a ritual |
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| Lines delivered by an actor on stage as if to her/himself |
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| a character in literature, theater, or film of a type quickly recognized and accepted by the reader or viewer and requiring no development by the writer |
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| a subordinate plot in fiction or drama |
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| a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes in its audience an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in the viewing |
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| a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes in its audience an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in the viewing |
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