people on a stage in costumes When you read drama—literature meant to be performed—you give your imagination a workout. Use the plays presented in this unit to hear and see the scenes acted before you. As you read, learn more about the elements that make drama a unique form of writing: dialogue, stage directions, characterization, and theme.

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Table of Contents
Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley Dramatized by Israel Horovitz
Act I 600
Act II 627

Rod Serling The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Teleplay 666