stage direction
noun
: a description (as of a character or setting) or direction (as to indicate stage business) provided in the text of a play
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Michaels reads the stage directions for each sketch aloud but refrains from commentary.
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Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Even like having to write the action lines, because a lot of my plays, there’s no stage directions.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Sometimes Michael Mayer’s stage direction is too crisp and emphatic for its own good.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2024
The funniest bit about the script is the stage directions for the audience.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 29 Feb. 2024
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Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Even like having to write the action lines, because a lot of my plays, there’s no stage directions.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Sometimes Michael Mayer’s stage direction is too crisp and emphatic for its own good.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2024
The funniest bit about the script is the stage directions for the audience.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Stage direction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20direction. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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