Drama Glossary

A type of drama in which the characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the worse.

The conversation of characters in a literary work.

When the audience feels relief at the end of the play

A description that provide readers (and actors) with information about dialogue, setting and action

A long speech spoken by one actor

The main character of a literary work.

Words spoken by an actor directly to the audience, which are not heard by the other characters on stage

When a characters speaks their thoughts aloud regardless of any hearers

Hints of what is to come in the action of a play.

The time and place of a literary work that establishes its context.