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Stage Directions
Play Vocab.
100
The part of the stage towards the audience.
What is down or downstage?
100
Small props that are usually carried in an actors costume.
What are personal props?
200
Off the visible stage.
What is off or offstage?
200
The positionsof the actors at the opening of an act or scene.
What are places?
300
On the visible stage.
What is on or onstage?
300
To raise the curtain
What is ring up?
400
Terms used to refer to the stage from the actors point of view.
What is left and right?
400
Giving the actor the freedom to move over the entire stage, usually during a lengthy speech.
What is taking the stage?
500
Keeping the stage picture balanced during action.
What is dressing the stage?