Is the dramatic action clear?
| Write a ‘character engine’ on the board
before reading the play out loud. |
Character Obstacles Objectives:
Is there tension and suspense to the
rising action of the play?
Has the playwright put the characters in a
crisis situation, as close to the climax as
possible? |
Is the setting clear?
Where are we?
What kind?
How can we tell?
Are the conditioning forces of the
environment random, or do they contribute by heightening the
action of the play? |
Are the characters realistic?
Does the playwright know his main
character’s agenda at all times?
Has the playwright gotten inside his main
characters?
Do the characters sound real? Has the
playwright caught the characters' true
voices? |
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