Background Information Play basic elements: characters, settings, stage directions language, conflicts, climax, and theme functions of stage directions: to set up stage properties in the proper place, to indicate a change in setting; to direct actors' movement, gesture, facial expression, tone of voice, etcBackground Information Play basic elements: characters, settings, stage directions, language, conflicts, climax, and theme functions of stage directions: to set up stage properties in the proper place; to indicate a change in setting; to direct actors' movement, gesture, facial expression, tone of voice, etc