A ppt on the conventions that a drama has. Starting from its story to how the story goes on stage. Points are brief so you might need to google some of them in case you don't understand them. Best Satya

1. Conventions of
a Drama Script
By Satyabrata Rana

3. ELEMENTS OF A DRAMA
SCRIPT:

4. Name of the Play:
Hamlet
The Post Office
Macbeth
Tempest

5. Character Profile:
MADHAV
AMAL, his adopted child
SUDHA, a little flower girl
THE DOCTOR
DAIRYMAN
WATCHMAN
GAFFER
VILLAGE HEADMAN, a bully
KING'S HERALD
ROYAL PHYSICIAN
The Post Office

6. Setting: Used by Directors to set the scene in
the mind of the audience.
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER:
• WHERE DOES THE PLAY TAKE PLACE ?
• WHAT IS HAPPENING ?
• WHAT TIME IS IT ?
• WHAT SEASON ?
Set in 1950’s style diner, “McDenny’s”, in the present
day England. BERYL is sitting at the back of a “u”
shaped booth. She is tucking into a large burger and
reading a gas bill

7. Stage Directions: Instructions for an actor which
are not spoken. It indicates how an actor should
deliver his lines and what they should be doing.
ENTER LYNDA, SUSAN AND RODERICK
LYNDA: (SPEAKING TO SUSAN AND ROD AS THEY MAKE THEIR
WAY OVER TO BERYL) ...PUT YOUR BACK INTO IT MAN, I SAID,
USE SOME ELBOW GREASE, DON’T JUST TICKLE IT, I WANT TO SEE
MY FACE IN IT... HI BERYL...
BERYL HIDES THE BURGER UNDER THE TABLE
BERYL: OH HI
SUSAN: (SITS AT THE TABLE AT THE LEFT SIDE OF BERYL) HE WAS
DOING HIS BEST.

8. Narrative Structure

10. Beginning
Sets up:
• Situation
• Roles
• Relationships
• Place

11. Complications
Starts building the CLIMAX
The problems each character
faces or the protagonist faces as
the story goes on.

12. Climax
The BIG Event of the script.
What Happens next ?
Who is the villain ?
How can they meet again ?
How did this happen ?
How can it be resolved ?

13. Resolution