A presentation I made for DCU.LS :)

2. OUTLINE
• What is Drama?
• The Elements of Drama
• The Drama Medium
• Useful Words to Know
• Let’s Put on a Play!

4. A story written to be
performed by actors.

5. • Theme
• Plot
• Characters
• Language/dialogue
• Music
• Spectacle/scene
• Audience
• Genre

6. • Costume
• Sound
• Lighting
• Props
• Stage

7. • Dramatist/playwright: the person who
writes the play
• Dramatise: to make it into a play
• Stage directions: instructions in the
scripts
• Offstage/backstage: a scene that is not
visible to the audience
• Spectator: the audience
• Spectacle: a visual performance

8. In Shakespeare's time there were no female actors. The
role of women had to be played by young boys who had
not gone through puberty.