Definition of stage direction in English:

stage direction

noun

An instruction in the text of a play indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.
（剧本中的）舞台指示
Example sentencesExamples
- The stage direction by Frédéric Fisbach was clean and always inventive, never calling attention to itself, which is a triumph in a work that has a large cast and little apparent dramatic action.
- As You Like It begins with a stage direction from the First Folio (there were no prior printings) that says simply, Enter Orlando and Adam.
- Domingo's fussy stage direction and Michael Scott's sketchy sets update the action to the year of the opera's composition - a pointless gloss, since all sense of time and place is more or less eradicated by Act Two.
- In her stage direction, she has the set supposedly balanced on a promontory of earth so that you really see the mud.
- Other times, we flounder in our folly, unable to remember the simplest stage direction, let alone the words to save our skin.
- Graham Vick's stage direction assaults the eyes with bolts of color and outrageous contraptions, like Falstaff's wine-stained dining table, which more closely resembles a playground device.
- The stage direction by Abdou Gomari is slick and the myriad of technical equipment for the aerial and stunt acts look totally safe and secure.
- The most common stage directions in Shakespeare's texts, entrances and exits are usually printed in italic, set apart from the text of the dialogue, and couched in Latin terms such as exit, exeunt, manet, manent, solus, and omnes.
- If the director gives a stage direction that the star disdains, he will usually simply not do it, or he'll leave the set and sulk.
- An extra touch of verisimilitude in this production is provided by the stage direction of Mr Adamo, who certainly knows not only what he wants, but how to get it.
- I probably could talk my way out of doing the rehearsal, but then I'd have missed a whole pile of stage direction and would have to wing it with only the dress rehearsal to go before the show.
- Yet since the turn of the last century, Russian ballet has emphasized the dancer over the dance, with little more importance placed on choreography than the art of opera places on stage direction.
- The sound is vivid and the stage direction (under Graham Vick) is imaginative and fully convincing.
- Here the final act of the play is set in church for the funeral of the two lovers and the stage directions give instruction for the solemnity of the scene calling for doleful music and processions of crying mourners.
- Stoppard doesn't go far in terms of stage direction; that's up to the directors of individual performances to figure out for themselves.
- Redgrave suggests Pinter's method is ‘entirely Shakespearean, in the sense that there is no stage direction.’
- As a result he missed the stage direction that meant his hair would have to be dyed and it was a complete surprise to him when the director mentioned it.
- Strindberg's stage directions instruct the mother to listen agitatedly to the Fantaisie-Impromptu, matching the agitato marking of the music.
- ‘I started out wanting to be an actor, but after the third or fourth play, I realised I was better at set designing and lighting, so I took up stage direction,’ he said.
- Sanjay Talwar's stage direction captures the distance that has grown between these characters by never letting them get within 10 feet of each other.

Definition of stage direction in US English:

stage direction

nounsteɪdʒ dəˈrɛkʃən

An instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.
（剧本中的）舞台指示
Example sentencesExamples
- Graham Vick's stage direction assaults the eyes with bolts of color and outrageous contraptions, like Falstaff's wine-stained dining table, which more closely resembles a playground device.
- Domingo's fussy stage direction and Michael Scott's sketchy sets update the action to the year of the opera's composition - a pointless gloss, since all sense of time and place is more or less eradicated by Act Two.
- Other times, we flounder in our folly, unable to remember the simplest stage direction, let alone the words to save our skin.
- Strindberg's stage directions instruct the mother to listen agitatedly to the Fantaisie-Impromptu, matching the agitato marking of the music.
- As a result he missed the stage direction that meant his hair would have to be dyed and it was a complete surprise to him when the director mentioned it.
- Stoppard doesn't go far in terms of stage direction; that's up to the directors of individual performances to figure out for themselves.
- The stage direction by Frédéric Fisbach was clean and always inventive, never calling attention to itself, which is a triumph in a work that has a large cast and little apparent dramatic action.
- In her stage direction, she has the set supposedly balanced on a promontory of earth so that you really see the mud.
- Sanjay Talwar's stage direction captures the distance that has grown between these characters by never letting them get within 10 feet of each other.
- Here the final act of the play is set in church for the funeral of the two lovers and the stage directions give instruction for the solemnity of the scene calling for doleful music and processions of crying mourners.
- Yet since the turn of the last century, Russian ballet has emphasized the dancer over the dance, with little more importance placed on choreography than the art of opera places on stage direction.
- As You Like It begins with a stage direction from the First Folio (there were no prior printings) that says simply, Enter Orlando and Adam.
- Redgrave suggests Pinter's method is ‘entirely Shakespearean, in the sense that there is no stage direction.’
- The stage direction by Abdou Gomari is slick and the myriad of technical equipment for the aerial and stunt acts look totally safe and secure.
- I probably could talk my way out of doing the rehearsal, but then I'd have missed a whole pile of stage direction and would have to wing it with only the dress rehearsal to go before the show.
- The most common stage directions in Shakespeare's texts, entrances and exits are usually printed in italic, set apart from the text of the dialogue, and couched in Latin terms such as exit, exeunt, manet, manent, solus, and omnes.
- An extra touch of verisimilitude in this production is provided by the stage direction of Mr Adamo, who certainly knows not only what he wants, but how to get it.
- The sound is vivid and the stage direction (under Graham Vick) is imaginative and fully convincing.
- If the director gives a stage direction that the star disdains, he will usually simply not do it, or he'll leave the set and sulk.
- ‘I started out wanting to be an actor, but after the third or fourth play, I realised I was better at set designing and lighting, so I took up stage direction,’ he said.

单词	stage direction
释义	Definition of stage direction in English: stage direction noun An instruction in the text of a play indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting. （剧本中的）舞台指示 Example sentencesExamples The stage direction by Frédéric Fisbach was clean and always inventive, never calling attention to itself, which is a triumph in a work that has a large cast and little apparent dramatic action. As You Like It begins with a stage direction from the First Folio (there were no prior printings) that says simply, Enter Orlando and Adam. Domingo's fussy stage direction and Michael Scott's sketchy sets update the action to the year of the opera's composition - a pointless gloss, since all sense of time and place is more or less eradicated by Act Two. In her stage direction, she has the set supposedly balanced on a promontory of earth so that you really see the mud. Other times, we flounder in our folly, unable to remember the simplest stage direction, let alone the words to save our skin. Graham Vick's stage direction assaults the eyes with bolts of color and outrageous contraptions, like Falstaff's wine-stained dining table, which more closely resembles a playground device. The stage direction by Abdou Gomari is slick and the myriad of technical equipment for the aerial and stunt acts look totally safe and secure. The most common stage directions in Shakespeare's texts, entrances and exits are usually printed in italic, set apart from the text of the dialogue, and couched in Latin terms such as exit, exeunt, manet, manent, solus, and omnes. If the director gives a stage direction that the star disdains, he will usually simply not do it, or he'll leave the set and sulk. An extra touch of verisimilitude in this production is provided by the stage direction of Mr Adamo, who certainly knows not only what he wants, but how to get it. I probably could talk my way out of doing the rehearsal, but then I'd have missed a whole pile of stage direction and would have to wing it with only the dress rehearsal to go before the show. Yet since the turn of the last century, Russian ballet has emphasized the dancer over the dance, with little more importance placed on choreography than the art of opera places on stage direction. The sound is vivid and the stage direction (under Graham Vick) is imaginative and fully convincing. Here the final act of the play is set in church for the funeral of the two lovers and the stage directions give instruction for the solemnity of the scene calling for doleful music and processions of crying mourners. Stoppard doesn't go far in terms of stage direction; that's up to the directors of individual performances to figure out for themselves. Redgrave suggests Pinter's method is ‘entirely Shakespearean, in the sense that there is no stage direction.’ As a result he missed the stage direction that meant his hair would have to be dyed and it was a complete surprise to him when the director mentioned it. Strindberg's stage directions instruct the mother to listen agitatedly to the Fantaisie-Impromptu, matching the agitato marking of the music. ‘I started out wanting to be an actor, but after the third or fourth play, I realised I was better at set designing and lighting, so I took up stage direction,’ he said. Sanjay Talwar's stage direction captures the distance that has grown between these characters by never letting them get within 10 feet of each other. Definition of stage direction in US English: stage direction nounsteɪdʒ dəˈrɛkʃən An instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting. （剧本中的）舞台指示 Example sentencesExamples Graham Vick's stage direction assaults the eyes with bolts of color and outrageous contraptions, like Falstaff's wine-stained dining table, which more closely resembles a playground device. Domingo's fussy stage direction and Michael Scott's sketchy sets update the action to the year of the opera's composition - a pointless gloss, since all sense of time and place is more or less eradicated by Act Two. Other times, we flounder in our folly, unable to remember the simplest stage direction, let alone the words to save our skin. Strindberg's stage directions instruct the mother to listen agitatedly to the Fantaisie-Impromptu, matching the agitato marking of the music. As a result he missed the stage direction that meant his hair would have to be dyed and it was a complete surprise to him when the director mentioned it. Stoppard doesn't go far in terms of stage direction; that's up to the directors of individual performances to figure out for themselves. The stage direction by Frédéric Fisbach was clean and always inventive, never calling attention to itself, which is a triumph in a work that has a large cast and little apparent dramatic action. In her stage direction, she has the set supposedly balanced on a promontory of earth so that you really see the mud. Sanjay Talwar's stage direction captures the distance that has grown between these characters by never letting them get within 10 feet of each other. Here the final act of the play is set in church for the funeral of the two lovers and the stage directions give instruction for the solemnity of the scene calling for doleful music and processions of crying mourners. Yet since the turn of the last century, Russian ballet has emphasized the dancer over the dance, with little more importance placed on choreography than the art of opera places on stage direction. As You Like It begins with a stage direction from the First Folio (there were no prior printings) that says simply, Enter Orlando and Adam. Redgrave suggests Pinter's method is ‘entirely Shakespearean, in the sense that there is no stage direction.’ The stage direction by Abdou Gomari is slick and the myriad of technical equipment for the aerial and stunt acts look totally safe and secure. I probably could talk my way out of doing the rehearsal, but then I'd have missed a whole pile of stage direction and would have to wing it with only the dress rehearsal to go before the show. The most common stage directions in Shakespeare's texts, entrances and exits are usually printed in italic, set apart from the text of the dialogue, and couched in Latin terms such as exit, exeunt, manet, manent, solus, and omnes. An extra touch of verisimilitude in this production is provided by the stage direction of Mr Adamo, who certainly knows not only what he wants, but how to get it. The sound is vivid and the stage direction (under Graham Vick) is imaginative and fully convincing. If the director gives a stage direction that the star disdains, he will usually simply not do it, or he'll leave the set and sulk. ‘I started out wanting to be an actor, but after the third or fourth play, I realised I was better at set designing and lighting, so I took up stage direction,’ he said.
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