indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements. | | 6. comic relief | an amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play, in order to provide temporary relief from tension, or to intensify the dramatic action. | “Knock, knock, knock! (pretending he’s the gatekeeper in hell) Who’s there, in the devil’s name?” (2.3.3) | 7. dramatis personae | the characters in a play. a list of the characters preceding the text of a play. | |…
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