DRAMA
DRAMATIC TECHNIQUES
STAGE DIRECTIONS
are the instructions a playwright gives to the director and the actors about how a play should be staged.
ASIDES
short comments made by a character for the audience
DIALOGUE
is the main support of drama
MONOLOGUE
there are other characters on the stage bjut the speaker ignores them
SOLILOQUY
the character is alone on the stage
CHARACTERS
an antagonist
a heroine
a hero
LANGUAGE
the language of drama is intense and varied
THE ELEMENTS OF DRAMA
audience
the addressee
actors,director,designers,musicians
the performance
a written text
the message
a playwright
the addresser
TYPES OF DRAMA
THE COMEDY
the playwright is generally the mouthpiece of the vices
the plot is based on love
begins with misfortunes and ends with happy
ordinary characters
THE TRAGEDY
there is generally a villain
his/her fall may be due to inner weakness
the heroes,heroines are kings, princes and warriors
the concept of catharsis
the Aristotelian unities
the prologue
