Unit 1. Drama: Characters

Stories are always about characters, the people who have a problem. The characters can be children or they can be grownups. They can be animals or human. The story about the characters can be now or in the past. We find out about the characters by reading about them. ((link to theatre book))

Dramas have characters just like stories do. The difference is that in the drama, actors pretend they are the characters. The actors do what the characters do. They perform for an audience who can see and hear them. We can see a play in a theatre – or we can see it on a television set!

We’re going to be making up, writing and acting out plays about communities. It’s pretty important to really understand about characters.

Play The Character Game to practice making up characters!

      

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