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stage direction
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stage direction
n Theatre
(Performing Arts / Theatre) an instruction to an actor or director, written into the script of a play
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Noun1.stage direction - an instruction written as part of the script of a playstage direction - an instruction written as part of the script of a play
instruction, direction - a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"
drama, dramatic play, play - a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"
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stage direction n (in text) → didascalie fpl
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She outlines methods for engaging students in reading Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and other plays, through study of his stage directions, archaic words, character vocabulary, tone, and use of pronouns, as well as fluency and comprehension skills through pre-reading, rereading, and post-reading strategies.
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