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

Samuel Beckett, a stickler for faithfulness, didn’t share this laissez-faire attitude toward his stage directions, which he expected to be punctiliously observed by others.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

I have a tendency to obsess over the stage directions, which are not in the movie.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 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

The cop gave his lines right and Francie picked up her cues happily and the stage directions were the smiles between the spoken lines.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith