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stage direction Theatre an instruction to an actor or director, written into the script of a play How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Some poems include stage directions to maintain the sense of a screenplay and to illustrate actions that might otherwise be invisible, unimagined. The stage directions for a 15th-century French resurrection play have the Holy Spirit descend on the apostles as "tongues of flame lit 'artificially,' with the help of brandy above their heads. Despite constant shifts in time and voice-over stage directions, the narrative arc is clear and compelling. |
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