Drama (sage field)

Drama is a sage field available to Bards, presenting stories through the visual performance of an actor or actress adopting a character on a "stage," to elicit a more profound emotional response from the audience. Drama involves a broad range of skills and studies, with aspects affected by classical and medieval works, the present post-Elizabethan and Jacobian forms, opera and masques.

The field includes the following sage studies:

• Acting (sage study): the art of expressivity, speech, improvisation, memory, interpretation and physicality.

• Direction (sage study): the act of organizing and running a production, with expertise in managing talent and finances of a dramatic production.

• Playwriting (sage study): the creation of preordained dialogue and performance to be employed by actors; the creation of dramatic content.

• Stage Design (sage study): the process of bringing together artistry and the visual appearance of drama, with lighting, costumes, scenery and general staging of a production.

See Bard Sage Abilities