Stage Play Format in an iBook?

Hello,
I'm creating an eBook (in all formats: ePub, PDF, iBook and maybe even .MOBI) for a client and I'm trying to figure out how to format it. It's an original stage play (theatrical...you know, like Shakespeare) that she'd like to sell and distribute as an eBook. Is it possible to keep the formatting similar to a stage play (with indented dialogue, character lines, and stage directions on the left)? Something like this.
I've seen examples in the iBooks store of Shakespeare and Arthur Miller and such, so I believe it is, but I'm not sure how to do it.
Is it simply a matter of tabs and indents and line breaks? Or is it more complicated (like coding, html, widgets?).
Is there a template or tutorial/guide you can recommend?
Of course PDF is the easiest option, but the samples I saw were iBook formats with flowable, resizable text. I'd like to do that, instead of a fixed-layout PDF.
Thanks,
Justin

Hi K T,
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