Definition of Stage direction

1. Noun. An instruction written as part of the script of a play.

Generic synonyms: Direction, Instruction
Group relationships: Drama, Dramatic Play, Play

Definition of Stage direction

1. Noun. An instruction given to an actor that tells the actor what should be done and in what manner to do it. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stage Direction

stage-coaches
stage-door Johnny
stage-phoner
stage-phoners
stage-struck
stage-whisper
stage-whispered
stage-whispering
stage-whispers
stage ball
stage business
stage crew
stage dancing
stage direct
stage direction (current term)
stage directions
stage director
stage diving
stage divings
stage door
stage effect
stage fear
stage fright
stage left
stage manager
stage mechanical
stage micrometre
stage mom
stage mother

Literary usage of Stage direction

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spanish Stage in the Time of Lope de Vega by Hugo Albert Rennert (1909)
"This is followed by the stage direction: quedase ... In Act III of Tirso de Molina's La fingida Arcadia, a stage direction seems to show that a curtain ..."

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