Drama is a symbolic representation of experience. Drama is an art form that is concerned with the representation of people in time and space, their actions and the consequences of their actions. Drama seeks to uncover meaning. Ask students if each of these statements applies to their own experiences in drama. The Roles Ask students to recall the various roles that they have assumed in their drama work.
Every work of art has some kind of structure.
Plays can be tightly constructed or loosely arranged around a framework to give them shape, meaning and purpose. Two forms of dramatic structure are climactic and episodic. Climactic structure tends to be very controlled with the main action taking place in a short period of time, near the climax of the story. Plays structured this way tend to have a limited number of characters, scenes and events. Episodic drama has many episodes spread out over long periods of time and a number of locations.