DRAMA FEATURESDRAMA FEATURES

Larisa JagričLarisa JagričOkt. 2009Okt. 2009

PLAYSCRIPTPLAYSCRIPT

Acts Acts ScenesScenes

• SCENARIJ SCENARIJ

ACT SCENEACT SCENE

A major unitA major unit Classical playsClassical plays 5 5 Modern playsModern plays 2 2 Popular formatsPopular formats

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DEJANJEDEJANJE

An action unit An action unit A new stage A new stage

situation, a fresh situation, a fresh episode, characters episode, characters

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PRIZORPRIZOR

SET PROPERTIES/SET PROPERTIES/ PROPS PROPSThe objects & the

backdrop

A stage scenery

• PRIZORIŠČE

Moveable objects

Simply realistic decoration

Characteristic attributes Motivate action Richly valued symbols

• REKVIZITI

PlayscriptPlayscript

The main elements of The main elements of the primary textthe primary text

SPEECHSPEECH

An utterance of a single speakerAn utterance of a single speaker GOVORGOVOR

DIALOGUE/DOULOGUEDIALOGUE/DOULOGUE

A sequence of conversational ‘turns’ exchanged between two or more speakers (interlocutors)

POGOVOR/DVOGOVOR

MONOLOGUE/SOLILOQUYMONOLOGUE/SOLILOQUY

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An extended uninterrupted speech by a character in drama

SAMOGOVOR

Speaking aloud to Speaking aloud to himself/herself + to himself/herself + to

the audiencethe audience

ASIDE monological, dialogical, ASIDE monological, dialogical, ad spectatoresad spectatores

King.King. But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son - But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son -HamletHamlet. [. [AsideAside] A little more than kin, and less than kind.] A little more than kin, and less than kind.

King.King. How is it that the clouds still hang on you? How is it that the clouds still hang on you?

(Shakespeare, (Shakespeare, HamletHamlet, I.2.65), I.2.65)

A remark that is not heard by the other characters on stage

GOVOR VSTRAN

The main elements of The main elements of the secondary textthe secondary text

DRAMATIS PERSONAEDRAMATIS PERSONAE

The list of characters; a brief explicit characterization, listed in their order of appearance, reflect the hierarchy of an arisocratic society

GLEDALIŠKI LIST

STAGE DIRECTION STAGE DIRECTION DIDASCALY DIDASCALY

GRADY (holding Jack back, kneels down beside him) It's Thanksgiving, Jackson. (releases him)

Bring it home.

RECOUNTING: events, behavior of the characters

DESCRIBING: set, scenery, props, costumes, characters

ODRSKA REŽIJA DIDASKALIJE

Stage directionsStage directions

READERLY Needs of ordinary

readers describes stage

action avoids tehnical

jargon

ACTORLY Needs of theater

practitioners

The point of view of an actor facing the audiance

Readerly? Actorly?Readerly? Actorly?

Exterior of the Farmhouse. It is sunset of a day at the beginning of summer in the year 1850. There is no wind and everything is still. The sky above

roof is suffused with deep colors, the green of the elms glows, but the house is in shadow, seeming

pale and washed out by contrast …

READERLYREADERLY