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stage direction

–noun
1. an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
2. the art or technique of a stage director.

Origin:
1780–90
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stage direction

Part of the script of a play that tells the actors how they are to move or to speak their lines. Enter, exit, and exeunt are stage directions.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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