Stage direction

An instruction in a play about movement, delivery, appearance, sound or other aspects of performance.

An instruction in a play concerning performance, such as movement, tone of voice, costume, scenery or lighting.

Priestley uses stage directions to give the audience information through what they see and hear. In the opening directions of Act 1, the furniture is comfortable but the room is “not cosy and homelike”. Material comfort does not necessarily mean emotional warmth.

Instructions in a play that guide performance, including movement, delivery, appearance, lighting and sound.

Move beyond retelling events: explain how Priestley’s dialogue, stage directions and ordering of revelations shape the audience’s judgement.

Keep the focus on Priestley’s choices: explain how dialogue, stage directions, lighting and the order of revelations present the Inspector.

Analyse short quotations closely, including the performance implications of stage directions.

Instructions in a play that guide performance, including movement, tone, expression, lighting and setting.

An instruction in a play indicating movement, delivery, appearance or another feature of performance.

Instructions in a play describing how characters look, move or speak, or how the stage should be arranged.

Instructions in a play that indicate movement, appearance, delivery or staging, shaping what an audience sees and hears.

Instructions in a play about performance, movement, expression, setting or sound.

An instruction in a script about setting, delivery, movement or another aspect of performance.

Instructions in a play that guide performance, including movement, expression, tone, lighting and sound.

An instruction in a dramatic text indicating movement, delivery, sound, appearance or another aspect of performance.

Stage directions establish actions that spoken words alone cannot convey. In Act 1 Scene 2, Ferdinand draws his sword but is magically prevented from moving. Spectators see his attempted resistance fail.

An instruction in a play about performance, such as a character’s movement, tone, appearance or the lighting.

Instructions in a play script about actors’ movements, delivery, expressions or the staging of a scene.

An instruction in a play describing setting, movement, appearance or delivery, rather than dialogue spoken by a character.

Instructions in a play that guide performance, including actors’ movements, expressions and tone, and the use of scenery, lighting or sound.

Instructions in a play describing setting, movement, expression or delivery, shaping what an audience sees and hears.

Instructions in a play describing setting, lighting, sound, movement or delivery, which help shape a performance.

Priestley’s opening stage directions in Act One describe the room as “substantial and heavily comfortable, but not cosy and homelike”. Literally, the furniture is solid and expensive; the implied meaning is that the family’s impressive surroundings do not guarantee affectionate relationships. The prescribed lighting is initially “pink and intimate”, creating a flattering, sheltered atmosphere.

An instruction in a play script concerning movement, delivery, appearance, lighting or other aspects of performance.

Instructions in a play indicating setting, movement, delivery or other aspects of performance.

A writer’s instruction about performance, movement, tone, appearance or setting in a play.

An instruction in a play about performance, movement, expression, setting or tone; it helps shape what an audience sees and hears.

Instructions in a playscript describing setting, movement, delivery, sound or other aspects of performance.

An instruction in a play about setting, lighting, movement, delivery or other aspects of performance, rather than words spoken by a character.

An instruction in a play script about performance, such as a character’s movement, expression, tone or the timing of a sound.

Instructions in a play script describing movement, delivery, appearance, lighting or other aspects of performance.

An instruction in a playscript about performance, movement, appearance, setting or sound.

A writer’s instruction about performance, including a character’s movement, expression or tone, or the staging of a scene.

Instructions in a play that indicate actions, delivery, appearance or staging, helping actors communicate character and meaning.

Instructions written by a playwright describing the setting, characters’ appearance, movement or delivery of dialogue.

A playwright’s written instruction about performance, movement, appearance, setting, lighting or sound, rather than dialogue spoken by a character.

An instruction in a play describing setting, movement, appearance or delivery rather than words spoken by a character.

An instruction in a play describing action, delivery, appearance or staging, which helps shape what an audience sees and hears.

An instruction in a play that indicates actions, delivery, appearance or staging, helping shape what an audience sees and hears.

A writer's instructions about performance, including movement, expression, delivery, lighting and sound.

The written instructions in a play that indicate actions, pauses, movements or other features of performance.

An instruction in a play script indicating action, delivery, appearance or another aspect of performance.

An instruction in a play describing action, delivery or other aspects of performance.

Instructions in a play about actions, pauses, movement or other aspects of performance.

Instructions in a play describing actions, expressions, pauses or other features of performance rather than spoken dialogue.

An instruction in a play describing appearance, action, movement or delivery rather than spoken dialogue.

An instruction in a play describing action, delivery or another aspect of performance.

Instructions in a play concerning action, delivery, appearance or setting, which help communicate meaning in performance.

An instruction written by a playwright about action, delivery, appearance or other aspects of performance.

Instructions in a play describing setting, movement, expression or delivery, rather than words spoken by a character.

An instruction in a play script describing action, movement, delivery or staging rather than words spoken by a character.

Instructions in a play script describing actions, delivery, sound or other aspects of performance.

Instructions in a play script describing actions, delivery, setting or other aspects of performance.

Instructions in a play describing actions, movement, delivery or other aspects of performance.

An instruction in a play script indicating action, gesture, delivery or another feature of performance.

Instructions in a play script describing movement, pauses, delivery or other aspects of performance.

An instruction in a play describing movement, expression, delivery or other aspects of performance.

An instruction in a play script indicating an action, movement, delivery or staging requirement.

An instruction in a play that guides performance, including a character’s movement, expression, tone or the staging.

An instruction in a play indicating action, appearance, delivery or staging, which helps shape what an audience sees and hears.

An instruction in a play script about performance, movement, appearance, setting, lighting or sound, rather than words spoken by a character.

An instruction in a playscript about performance, movement, appearance, setting or sound rather than words spoken by a character.

An instruction in a play specifying actions, delivery, appearance, setting or other aspects of performance.

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AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702

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Edexcel GCSE English Literature · 1ET0

OCR GCSE English Literature · J352

Eduqas GCSE English Literature · C720