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It's called an "aside". It is a line that the playwright directs the actor to deliver to the audience, which is called "breaking the fourth wall". Neil Simon's comedy "Fools" is full of asides to the audience.

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What is a line which the audience hears but the other characters do not?

Aside


What does holding for laughs mean?

An actor holds his movement or next line until the laugh from the audience evoked by the previous moment subsides. Holding for laughs is important in live comedy as the next line will be lost in the laughter. That is, the audience will not hear the line. It is also important to give the audience time to laugh. If actors routinely "step on laughs" the audience will stop laughing for fear of missing something. Such an audience doesn't have nearly as much fun.


Why might you use 'theatre in the round' as a stage set?

Basically you might use it to let the audience join in ! Although why this shape of stage would be better than any other for audience participation I do not know. In a proscenium setup there is a firm line between what is audience and what is stage. In theatre in the round, that line is obliterated because from every vantage point you can see that there is audience on the far side of the players. Rather than trying to create another but separate reality for you to believe in, the stage action is drawn into the audience's reality. That is not a participation issue but a perception issue.


What is aside mean in Shakespeare's time?

An aside is when a character says something out loud in the attempt of conveying his or her thoughts to the audience, with the supposition that other characters can not hear it. This can be used when a character wants to share what he or she is thinking, when describing a previous event, etc.


What is an example of stage right?

Stage right refers to the area of the stage that is to the actor's right when they are facing the audience. For example, if a character enters from stage right, they would come in from the audience's left side. This terminology helps actors and crew understand positioning and movement during a performance. In a scene, a character might walk from stage right to center stage to deliver an important line.

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What is a line which the audience hears but the other characters do not?

Aside


What is a line which the audience hears but the other characters don't?

In the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, the line "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" is heard by the audience watching the play within the play, but the characters onstage do not hear it. This line reveals the queen's guilt in the murder of King Hamlet.


What does holding for laughs mean?

An actor holds his movement or next line until the laugh from the audience evoked by the previous moment subsides. Holding for laughs is important in live comedy as the next line will be lost in the laughter. That is, the audience will not hear the line. It is also important to give the audience time to laugh. If actors routinely "step on laughs" the audience will stop laughing for fear of missing something. Such an audience doesn't have nearly as much fun.


What do actors do at the end of the play?

Generally, the entire cast line up and take at least one bow, as a gesture of thanking the audience for their appreciation of the play.


What actors and actresses appeared in Line by Line - 2010?

The cast of Line by Line - 2010 includes: Fintan Cheng as Student Amy Duan as Audience Michael Le Cardinal as Teacher Yik Leung as Theatre Crew Vincent Lu as Will - 7-years-old Rachel Mazariegos as Student Sze Ming Yu as Audience Nelson Nam as Actor Portraying Son Lok Ting Suen as Audience Man Ying Leung as Theatre Crew Jessie Zhu as Student


What can the audience infer from having heard this line in the prologue?

The audience can infer important information or themes about the upcoming story based on the content of the line in the prologue.


Why might you use 'theatre in the round' as a stage set?

Basically you might use it to let the audience join in ! Although why this shape of stage would be better than any other for audience participation I do not know. In a proscenium setup there is a firm line between what is audience and what is stage. In theatre in the round, that line is obliterated because from every vantage point you can see that there is audience on the far side of the players. Rather than trying to create another but separate reality for you to believe in, the stage action is drawn into the audience's reality. That is not a participation issue but a perception issue.


What is the 3 life line in who wants to be a millionaire?

50/50 split, audience, & life line( you can call a friend or relative)


What is the imaginary line?

The imaginary line in a film preserves the audience's visual point of view. It is a director's axiom for camera placement, and not one dictated by the script. The overarching notion that contains the imaginary line is known as the '180 degree rule'.You can read more about it and other cinematic terms, below.


Which type of appeal to the audience does Mark Antony make in this line from Julius Caesar?

ethos


What is aside mean in Shakespeare's time?

An aside is when a character says something out loud in the attempt of conveying his or her thoughts to the audience, with the supposition that other characters can not hear it. This can be used when a character wants to share what he or she is thinking, when describing a previous event, etc.


Why is the aside effective in scene 2 line 37?

it lets the audience now what romeo is thinking.