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| Act (n) | a major divishion of a play |
| Act (v) | to portray the role of a character in a play |
| scene | a division of an act |
| actor/actress | a person who portrays a character |
| dialouge | a conversation between charcters |
| aside | a speech given by a character alone on stage which gives his/her innermost thoughts and/or fellings |
| stage directions | written instructions from the playwright to all the people putting on the on how he/she wants things done |
| script | the written play |
| playwright | the author of the play |
| props (properties) | the objects used to make the setting of an act or scene belivable |
| backdrop | a wooden or canvas structure upon which the setting of an act or scene is painted |
| scenery | all the props and backdrops used to make the setting of an act or scene beliveable |
| musical | a play in witch music and songs are used to develop the plot and themes |
| foreshadowing | indications of events to follow given through diolague or mime |
| blocking | positions and movements given by the director to actors/actresses for a scene |
| symbolism | the use of objects or words to represent something other than their there normal meanings |
| aside | one character speaks to another on stage, but other characters do not hear/an actor's speech heard by audience but supposedly not by other characters on stage |
| setting reference | time and location are given through an actor's lines |
