The two dramatic elements that work together to help advance the plot in this excerpt are stage directions and character dialogue. The dialogue reveals important information about the play's progress and the characters' perspectives, while the stage directions provide context and emotional responses that enhance the understanding of the situation.
Use the excerpt from Fanny's First Play by George Bernard Shaw to answer the question.
DURSE TOOLS
SAVOYARD. Havnt you seen the rehearsals?
THE COUNT. Oh no. I havnt been allowed even to meet any of the company. All I can tell you is that the hero is a Frenchman [Savoyard is rather scandalized]: I asked her not to have an English hero. That is all I know. [Ruefully] I havnt been consulted even about the costumes, though there, I think, I could have been some use.
SAVOYARD. [puzzled] But there arnt any costumes.
THE COUNT. [seriously shocked] What! No costumes! Do you mean to say it is a modern play?
SAVOYARD. I dont know: I didnt read it. I handed it to Billy Burjoyce - the producer, you know —and left it to him to select the company and so on. But I should have had to order the costumes if there had been any. There wernt.
THE COUNT. [smiling as he recovers from his alarm] I understand. She has taken the costumes into her own hands. She is an expert in beautiful costumes.
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Which two dramatic elements work together to help advance the plot in this excerpt?
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• stage directions and character dialogue
• character actions and setting
• spectacle and theme
• tension and set design
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