stage

<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 7.2.3 Stage Directions

Module

core — 3 Elements Available in All TEI Documents

Attributes

In addition to global attributes

type

indicates the kind of stage direction.

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

Declaration

<rng:element name="stage">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.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.global.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>

Contained by

model.stageLike

May contain

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

certainty: certainty respons