Abstract ◊ The article deals with the problem of space as a dramatic category. Relations between dramatic space and dramatic dialogue, as well as the possibilities of their interrelation, are being considered. 
          
         
          
         
       Keywords: space, drama, provocation, dialogue, stage direction, actor, prompter. 
        
       
        
       
        
       
Nosov Stepan Olegovich — a postgraduate of the Literature Theory Department of the Philology Faculty of Tver State University. Tel.: (0822) 44-68-14. E-mail: stepan_nosov@mail.ru