TEI element stage (stage direction)

<stage>

<stage> (stage direction) contains any kind of stage direction within a dramatic text or fragment. [3.12.2 Core Tags for Drama 3.12 Passages of Verse or Drama 7.2.4 Stage Directions]

Module

core — Elements Available in All TEI Documents

Attributes

att.ascribed (@who) att.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.rendition (@rend, @style, @rendition)) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change)) (att.global.responsibility (@cert, @resp)) att.placement (@place)

type type¶

indicates the kind of stage direction. Suggested values include: 1] setting; 2] entrance; 3] exit; 4] business; 5] novelistic; 6] delivery; 7] modifier; 8] location; 9] mixed

Status	Recommended
Datatype	<rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/> data.enumerated
Suggested values include:	setting describes a setting. entrance describes an entrance. exit describes an exit. business describes stage business. novelistic is a narrative, motivating stage direction. delivery describes how a character speaks. modifier gives some detail about a character. location describes a location. mixed more than one of the above

Member of

model.stageLike

Contained by

core: add corr del desc emph head hi item l lg meeting note orig p q quote ref reg said sic sp stage title unclear

dictionaries: case colloc def dictScrap entryFree etym form gen gram gramGrp hyph iType lang lbl mood number orth per pos pron stress subc syll tns usg xr

drama: camera caption castList epilogue performance prologue set sound spGrp tech view

figures: cell figDesc figure

header: change handNote licence rendition scriptNote tagUsage typeNote

iso-fs: fDescr fsDescr

linking: ab seg

msdescription: accMat acquisition additions collation condition custEvent decoNote filiation foliation layout musicNotation origin provenance signatures source summary support surrogates

spoken: writing

textcrit: lem rdg witness

textstructure: argument body div div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 docEdition epigraph imprimatur postscript salute signed titlePart trailer

transcr: damage metamark mod restore retrace secl supplied surplus

verse: rhyme

May contain

analysis: c cl interp interpGrp m pc phr s span spanGrp w

certainty: certainty precision respons

dictionaries: lang oRef oVar pRef pVar

drama: camera caption castList move sound spGrp tech view

figures: figure formula notatedMusic table

gaiji: g

header: biblFull idno

iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib

linking: ab alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp seg timeline

msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material msDesc objectType origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width

nets: eTree forest graph listForest tree

spoken: incident kinesic pause shift u vocal writing

tagdocs: att classSpec code constraintSpec eg egXML elementSpec gi ident listRef macroSpec moduleSpec schemaSpec specDesc specGrp specGrpRef specList tag val

textcrit: app listApp listWit witDetail

textstructure: floatingText

transcr: addSpan am damage damageSpan delSpan ex fw handShift listTranspose metamark mod redo restore retrace secl space subst substJoin supplied surplus undo

verse: caesura rhyme

Declaration


<rng:element name="stage">
 <rng:ref name="att.ascribed.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.rendition.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.placement.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="type">
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:value>setting</rng:value>
    <rng:value>entrance</rng:value>
    <rng:value>exit</rng:value>
    <rng:value>business</rng:value>
    <rng:value>novelistic</rng:value>
    <rng:value>delivery</rng:value>
    <rng:value>modifier</rng:value>
    <rng:value>location</rng:value>
    <rng:value>mixed</rng:value>
    <rng:data type="Name"/>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.specialPara"/>
</rng:element>

element stage
{
   att.ascribed.attributes,
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.rendition.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.global.responsibility.attributes,
   att.placement.attributes,
   attribute type
   {
      "setting"
    | "entrance"
    | "exit"
    | "business"
    | "novelistic"
    | "delivery"
    | "modifier"
    | "location"
    | "mixed"
    | xsd:Name
   }?,
   macro.specialPara
}

Example

<stage type="setting">A curtain being drawn.</stage>
<stage type="setting">Music</stage>
<stage type="entrance">Enter Husband as being thrown off his horse.</stage>
<stage type="exit">Exit pursued by a bear.</stage>
<stage type="business">He quickly takes the stone out.</stage>
<stage type="delivery">To Lussurioso.</stage>
<stage type="novelistic">Having had enough, and embarrassed for the family.</stage>
<stage type="modifier">Disguised as Ansaldo.</stage>
<stage type="location">At a window.</stage>
<stage rend="inline" type="delivery">Aside.</stage>

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Example

<l>Behold. <stage n="*" place="margin">Here the vp<lb/>per part of the <hi>Scene</hi> open'd; when
   straight appear'd a Heauen, and all the <hi>Pure Artes</hi> sitting on
   two semi<lb/>circular ben<lb/>ches, one a<lb/>boue another: who sate thus till the rest of the
<hi>Prologue</hi> was spoken, which being ended, they descended in
   order within the <hi>Scene,</hi> whiles the Musicke plaid</stage> Our
Poet knowing our free hearts</l>

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Note

The who attribute may be used to indicate more precisely the person or persons participating in the action described by the stage direction.

P5: Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange

<stage>