stageplay
Live theatrical performance
A stageplay is a dramatic work written for performance in a theater, as distinct from film, television, or radio.
The term emphasizes live theatrical presentation: She adapted her novel into a stageplay.
Usually written as two words (stage play) or hyphenated (stage-play), the single-word form appears in informal contexts.
Venue for live drama
- actingTemporarily holding position
- curtain callPost-show audience acknowledgment
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- blockingImpeding forward progress
monologue · dialogue · soliloquy · scene · act · intermission · ensemble · cast
Disastrous or sorrowful event
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
- musicalSung theatrical production
drama · tragicomedy · absurdist · one-act · two-act · full-length · experimental · classical
One who leads
- producerOne who makes things
- dramaturgyArt of theatrical structure
- castingShaping through liquid form
- auditionTrial performance for selection
script · staging · set design · lighting · costumes · props · sound design · backdrop
Written words for performance
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- actsDeeds or play sections
- scenesDivisions within acts
- protagonistStory's central figure
antagonist · character arc · exposition · climax · denouement · subplot · dramatic irony · conflict
Venue for live drama
- auditoriumRoom for spectators
- West EndLondon theatre district
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
- fringeOutermost edge or margin
repertory · community theater · black box · arena · amphitheater · footlights · orchestra pit · balcony
theater
Venue for live drama
- actingTemporarily holding position
- curtain callPost-show audience acknowledgment
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
blocking · monologue · dialogue · soliloquy · scene · act · intermission · ensemble · cast · understudy
tragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
musical · drama · tragicomedy · absurdist · one-act · two-act · full-length · experimental · classical · contemporary
director
One who leads
- producerOne who makes things
- dramaturgyArt of theatrical structure
- castingShaping through liquid form
audition · script · staging · set design · lighting · costumes · props · sound design · backdrop · wings
script
Written words for performance
protagonist · antagonist · character arc · exposition · climax · denouement · subplot · dramatic irony · conflict · resolution
theater
Venue for live drama
- auditoriumRoom for spectators
- West EndLondon theatre district
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
fringe · repertory · community theater · black box · arena · amphitheater · footlights · orchestra pit · balcony · stalls
- dialogueconversation, line, lines, banter, talk
- scriptsalphabet, Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet, Greek alphabet, Hebrew alphabet
stageplayfilm
Movie or coating
movie · motion picture · cinema · television show · TV drama
stageplaynovel
New and unusual
prose fiction · short story · nonfiction · essay · poetry
play, stage, player, playful, static, playing, stadium, played, players