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| Cast | Is a list of characters who are in the play. |
| Narrator | Is generally an inactive role in a play. Their job is to comment or explain and move the play along. |
| Setting | Is information about the time and place of a play's action. Usually described in the stage directions. |
| Stage Directions | Are written explanations of the time and place of the play as well as instructions about how actors and actresses should speak their lines. |
| Dialogue | is the conversation between and among characters in a play. |
| Monologue | Is a speech by one character that is alone on the stage. It is an important dramatic moment. |
| Prologue | Is an introductory speech or poem addressed to an audience at the beginning of the play. |
| Props | Are objects used in plays to create the setting of the play. |
| Scenery | Is the background screens or hanging s used to create places or setting of plays. |
| Staging | Is the placement and movements of characters on the stage during the play. |
| Lighting | Is the focus of lights to draw atttention to a single actor or group of actors or the color mixture of the lights to create indoor/outdoor light or a time of day. |
| Sound Effects | Sounds in a play that are created offstage to duplicate the normal sounds of the play 's setting. |
| Act | Is a major division comprised of two or more scenes. |
| Scene | Is a smaller division within an act of a play. The time or setting or both may change with each scene change. |
| Production Notes | Are instructions to the cast after a performance that are designed to help the players better perform their roles. |
