SKIT or DRAMA or PLAY (Script)
A script is a piece of
writing in the form of drama. It is intended to be performed.
Elements of script:
1. A title: A script must be
given a title apt to the concept or theme. (కథకు తగిà°¨ à°ªేà°°ు
à°ªెà°Ÿ్à°Ÿాà°²ి.)
2. Introduction to
the characters: There must be some introduction to the characters in the
script who is who. (Characters à°ªేà°°్à°²ు à°•ొà°¦్దపాà°Ÿి వర్ణన
à°‰ంà°¡ాà°²ి.)
3. Setting: The setting is
the location where the action takes place. (సన్à°¨ిà°µేà°¶ం జరిà°—ే
à°ª్à°°ాంతపు వర్ణన)
4. Dialogues: These are the
spoken words of the characters.(à°¸ంà°ాషణలు)
5. Stage directions: These are the
instructions to the reader where there is some action without any dialogue or
with dialogue and how the characters behave on the stage or what is happening. These are written
in brackets only.(à°•ొà°¨్à°¨ిà°¸ూచనలు à°ªాà°¤్à°°à°² కదలిà°•à°²ు à°¹ాà°µà°ాà°µాà°²ు à°®ొదలగునవి)
E.g. Read the following passage carefully.
One day, a
courtier entered the court with a glass jar in his hands. “What is there in
that jar?” asked the emperor.
“Your Majesty,
Mixture of sand and sugar,” replied the courtier.
“What for?” asked
Akbar again. “Excuse me, your majesty!” asked the courtier. “We want to test
Birbal’s intelligence. We want him to separate each and every grain of sugar
from the sand.”
“Look, Birbal,
almost every day there is a new challenge before you.” Akbar smiled and said, “You have to separate
the sugar from the sand without dissolving.”
“No problem, your
majesty” said Birbal. It’s just a child’s play.
Birbal took the
jar and went out of the court. The courtiers followed him. Birbal went to the
garden and scattered the sand and sugar mixture on the ground near the trunk of
a mango tree.
“Why have you
done this?” asked a courtier. “We will know the result by tomorrow,” replied
Birbal.
The next day,
they went near the mango tree in the garden and found that there were only sand
grains lying on the ground. The sugar grains had been carried home by
innumerable ants of the nearby ant hill! A few ants could be seen still busy
carrying sugar grains to their ant hill.
“But where has all
the sugar vanished?” asked the courtier.
“Separated,”
whispered Birbal in his ear. All of them laughed.
“If you want to
find the sugar, follow the ants into their homes!” said the emperor and all the
courtiers began to laugh loudly.
Solution:
BIRBAL’S INTELLIGENCE
Characters:
1. Akbar : The king of the
country
2. Birbal : The intelligent
minister
3. Courtiers :
Who present in the court of Akbar
Setting: The might king
Akbar’s court. Some courtiers wanted to test the intelligence of Birbal.
Scene1: Curtain raises
there sat on his majesty Akbar and either side of him his ministers and other
courtiers in their chairs including Birbal. A courtier enters the court with a
glass jar in his hands …
Akbar: (In a
commanding voice) What is there in that jar?
Courtier: Your Majesty,
mixture of sand and sugar.
Akbar: What for?
Courtier: Excuse me, your
majesty!
Courtier: We want to test
Birbal’s intelligence. We want him to separate each and every grain of sugar
from the sand.
Akbar: (Looking
at Birbal with smile on his face) Look, Birbal, almost every day there is a new
challenge before you. And you have to separate the sugar from the sand without
dissolving.
Birbal: (Immediately)
No problem, your majesty. It’s just a child’s play.
(Birbal took the jar and went out of the court. The
courtiers followed him. Birbal went out the garden and scattered the sand and
sugar mixture on the ground near the trunk of a mango tree.)
Courtier: (Surprisingly)
Why have you done this?
Birbal: We will know
the result by tomorrow.
Scene2: The next day again the court of the mighty king
Akbar. There sat on his majesty Akbar and either side of him his ministers and
other courtiers in their chairs including Birbal.
Courtier: Your majesty,
may I ask Birbal if he had separated the sugar?
Akbar: (turning to
Birbal) What happened Birbal?
Birbal: Your majesty,
I’ve separated the sugar.
Akbar: Then show it
us.
Birbal: Your majesty,
we have to go there into the garden.
Akbar: Let’s!
(All went to the garden near the
mango tree and found that there were only sand grains lying on the ground. The
sugar grains had been carried home by innumerable ants of the nearby ant hill!
A few ants could be seen still busy carrying sugar grains to their ant hill.)
Courtier: (Astonished)
But where has all the sugar vanished?
Birbal: (Leaning to him
whispered) Separated.
(All of them
burst into laugh)
Akbar: If you want to
find the sugar, follow the ants into their homes!
(All of them
burst into laugh again)
Akbar: (Looking at
Birbal) You won again Birbal!
Birbal: Thank you your
majesty.