8/3/2019 Drama Lexical Sheet

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DRAMAi  – Vocabulary Activities

A)  People’s roles and locations. 

Classify the words below in the corresponding boxes:

TO WEAR A DISGUISE / SETTING / PROMPTER’S BOX / STAGE DIRECTOR / PIT / TO WRITE PLAYS / TO LEARN ONE’S CUES

/ WINGS / TO MAKE UP / ACTRESSES / TO BOOK TICKETS / TO ACT / TO ENTERTAIN / TO APPLAUSE / TO USE PROPS / TO

LEAD ACTORS / CURTAINS / TO CAST ACTORS / BACKSTAGE / STAGE / CAST / SEATS / TO REHEARSE / TO ACT / TO GIVE

DIRECTIONS / TO PROMPT ACTORS / CHARACTERS / AUDIENCE / PLAYWRIGHT / PROMPTER / TO PERFORM / TO LEARN

ONE’S PART / ROWS / BALCONY  

Who? What? (actions) Where (in the theatre)?

-  CHARACTERS

-  TO WRITE PLAYS

-  PROMPTER

B)  Theatre

Use the words in the column WHERE? (Activity A) to complete the sketch below:

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i Be careful! ‘Drama’ is the term used to refer to the art of acting whereas ‘Theatre’ refers to the place where the play is perfomed!

Consequently, the adjective ‘dramatic’ means theatrical but not ‘tragic’!