Theatrical script meaning (what it is, concept and definition)

What is theatrical script:

A theatrical script is the text where all the content of a literary and technical nature necessary for the assembly and performance of a play is presented.

As such, the script is the format under which a story adapted to the theater is written. The stories told by the theatrical script consist of an internal structure that complies with the three classic parts: beginning, middle, and end, all of which are represented by a set of actors who will play different characters on stage to bring the story to life.

The purpose of the theatrical script is to serve as a support and guide so that all those involved in the staging of the play (director, actors, set designer, illuminators, costume designers, sound artists, stagehands, etc.), have knowledge of the guidelines under the Which will be the assembly and know what are their responsibilities and the activities that they will have to carry out during the realization.

Types of scripts: actor's script, stage manager's technical script, illuminators' technical script, stageplay script, costume script, traspunte's technical script, prop script, technical script (text, dimensions, lighting guidelines, props), scenery, costumes, production budgets and rehearsal schedules).

Features of a theatrical script

A theatrical script contains, specified and in order, the parliaments that correspond to each character; informs about the technical details related to scenery, costumes, lighting and sound; and it consists of a series of dimensions, generally added within parentheses, aimed at informing the actors about their actions (entrances and exits, movements on stage, gestures, expressions, tones of voice, etc.).

Elements of a theatrical script

Some of the essential elements of a theatrical script are as follows:

• Parliaments: they constitute the verbal expression of the characters. They can be dialogues, when they occur between two or more characters, or monologues, when it is a single character who talks about a matter in the manner of a soliloquy. Act: it is each one of the main parts in which the play is divided. The acts are usually made up of several scenes. As such, an act has a unitary meaning, and can correspond to each of the structural parts of the plot: the beginning, the knot and the outcome. Scene: it is the part of the act in which the same characters intervene. As such, it is the core of dramatic action. Picture: it is the part of the act where the same decoration appears.