Drama and Dialogue · Speaking and Listening

Script Analysis and Stage Directions

Understanding how scripts communicate action and emotion without a narrator.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do stage directions provide essential information that dialogue cannot?
  2. 2What can we infer about a character's social status from the way they speak?
  3. 3How does a playwright use subtext to show what a character is really thinking?

NCCA Curriculum Specifications

NCCA: Primary - UnderstandingNCCA: Primary - Exploring and Using
Class/Year: 4th Class
Subject: Voices and Visions: Advanced Literacy for 4th Class
Unit: Drama and Dialogue
Period: Speaking and Listening

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