describes things like where the scene takes place, what props are used, where the characters are, and what actions they do - Scene Description, To enhance the overall mood and atmosphere and lead to audience engagement - Lighting and Sound Design, the process of developing and representing a character in a performance and a playscript - Characterisation , the selection and design of clothing and accessories worn by actors to visually represent their characters - Costume, a conversation between 2 or more characters - Dialogue, speech delivered by a single character - Monologue, a conversation between 2 characters - Duologue, the ways in which a performance actively involves and interacts with the audience - Audience Engagement , objects, actions or elements that carry deeper meanings and represent abstract ideas or concepts within the play - Symbols, a group of actors who described and commented upon the main action of a play with song, dance, and recitation. - Chorus, to have more than one scene going on in parallel, organically move the focus from one scene to the other and back - Split Focus, audience from the current moment of the story to a different time (past or present) - Flash Back/Forward, one or more performers speak directly to the audience to tell a story, give information or comment on the action - Narration, a speech by a character that is shared only with the audience, and no other character on stage, talking directly to the audience - Soliloquy, to repeat or sing a word or phrase continuously - Chanting, develop the story, characters, mood, and themes, communicating the drama through music and/or lyrics - Song and music, reproduction of sounds (vocal or recorded) to enhance the overall mood/atmosphere of the story and evoke an emotive response from the audience. - Sound effects, actors undergo significant changes in their physicality, voice, and emotional state to portray multiple characters or to depict a character's profound evolution within the course of a play. - Transformational Acting, dialogue or sounds spoken or produced by actors who are not physically present on the stage during a performance - Off Stage Voices,

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