stage directions
Example Sentences
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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
In his stage directions, Beckett spent 195 words choreographing some horseplay involving hats.
From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2023
I have a tendency to obsess over the stage directions, which are not in the movie.
From Seattle Times • May 23, 2023
The Vietnamese characters speak in what the stage directions refer to as “Broadcast English.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 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
