Introduce young actors to the key elements of performance with this handout that defines key staging terms and activities.

The world may indeed be a stage, and players certainly need to know drama vocabulary. This list of 16 terms (and their definitions) often found in scripts will prompt actors to perform their role.

Plays are meant to be seen and so are these 12 elements that give plays the dramatic effect. Introduce young actors to these key terms and their explanations

From actor to volume, the 90 terms on a theatre vocabulary list are must knows for any student of the dramatic arts.

This literary terms handout defines introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement.

Short synopsis and critical commentary on "The Interlude of the Nature of the Four Elements," a Medieval play with elements of a comedy and a morality. Also briefly discusses Thomas Lupton's "All for Money."

This site tells of Aristotle's six parts of a play. It goes into detail on the Character and the different terms that describe different character types.

This site contains, in outline form, Aristotle's "six parts of a tragedy." The Plot is discussed in length on this site. The author goes into the exposition, conflict, climax, and resolution of the plot.

This site provides biographical information concerning Christopher Marlowe, texts of his works, articles and essays about his works, and a list of other available sources.