What is theatrical script:
A theatrical script It is the text where all the literary and technical content necessary for the assembly and production of a play is presented.
As such, the script It 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 meets the three classical parts: beginning, middle and endall of which is represented by a group of actors who will embody different characters on stage to give life to the story.
The purpose of theatrical script It is to serve as a support and guide so that all those involved in the staging of the work (director, actors, set designer, lighting, costume designers, sound engineers, stagehands, etc.), have knowledge of the guidelines under which the assembly will be carried out. and know what their responsibilities are and the activities they will have to carry out during the project.
Types of scripts: actor’s script, stage director’s technical script, illuminators’ technical script, stage script, costume script, set-up technical script, props script, technical script (text, directions, lighting guidelines, props, set design, costumes, production budgets and rehearsal schedules).
Characteristics 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 consists of a series of notesgenerally added within parentheses, aimed at informing the actors about their actions (entries 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 the following:
Parliaments: 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 speaks about a matter in the form of a soliloquy.
Act: is each of the main parts into 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 middle and the end.
Scene: is the part of the act in which the same characters intervene. As such, it is the core of the dramatic action.
Chart: It is the part of the act where the same decoration appears.