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
“I showed it to him without telling him why, and he got it immediately. He said to me, ‘You finally found a way to make people read the stage directions.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
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
He cited the stage directions at the end, which begin, “The play cracks open.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 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
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