stage directions
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Today, to gauge a film’s potential, Macy aims to read scripts in one sitting and skips over the stage directions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
The Vietnamese characters speak in what the stage directions refer to as “Broadcast English.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023
The title of “Enter Ghost” is drawn from William Shakespeare’s stage directions, when King Hamlet’s ghost commands his son to seek justice in their rotten kingdom.
From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023
Whereas “Cane” often bends toward tragedy, “Balo” chooses reverie: “AUTUMN DAWN,” the opening stage directions read.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023
His scripts—for that is what they were—were meticulously detailed, and came complete with stage directions.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
