Characterization in Theatre
Drama, topic 5(b)
Consider how playwrights make characters speak in plays which you have studied and say how
the language and tone of these dialogues, conversations or monologues contribute to each play
as a whole.
Characters in plays have real human characteristics and capacities. In fact, the success of a play
may depend on how "real" the characters seem. However, characters in plays, just like
characters in fiction, are like real people, but are not …
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…they are also there to function
as types--that is, they are also intended to represent ideas. In A Streetcar Named Desire, for
example, Blanche clearly represents a way of life that is disappearing in the post-World War II
world, while Stanley represents a way of life that is replacing it--indeed, actively destroying it.
Seen in this way, the characters take on greater dimensions. And they force us to look at our
own beliefs and values.
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