stage direction

English

Noun

stage direction (plural stage directions)

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

   Hyponyms: enter, exit, exeunt

   The stage direction given in the script said to walk forward and speak the line loudly.

   • 2015, Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, Jacuzzi, London: Samuel French, →ISBN, page Production note:

     In a few spots, where we've felt it was particularly important, we added stage directions indicating things like quick glances between Helene and Erik.

Related terms

• director
• stage business
• stage manager
• stage whisper

 

Translations

instruction given to an actor

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舞台指示 (wǔtái zhǐshì)

• Finnish: näyttämöohje, parenteesi (fi)
• French: indication scénique f, didascalie (fr) f
• German: Bühnenanweisung f
• Italian: didascalia (it) f
• Korean: 복서 (bokseo)
• Polish: didaskalia (pl) n pl
• Romanian: direcție de scenă (ro) f
• Russian: режиссура (ru) (režissura)
• Spanish: acotación (es)