Page to Stage Transformation of a Play

A play is meant for performance. The completeness of text is perceived in the performance. The transformation of text to performance involves the ensemble qualities of text and performance. The theatre is the place for performance and it exhibits certain qualities such as acting, directing, set designing, costume, make-up, music, audience and spectacle. Drama had its growth from time to time and achieved diversity with its variations. The performing arts are human activities that make up stories, movements, sounds and combinations of those things for peoples enjoyment. They are highly diverse, each appealing in very different ways to different responses.