<stage>

<stage> (stage direction) contains any kind of stage direction within a dramatic text or fragment. [3.13.2 Core Tags for Drama 3.13 Passages of Verse or Drama 7.2.4 Stage Directions]
Module core — Elements Available in All TEI Documents
Attributes
type⚓︎ indicates the kind of stage direction.
Status Recommended
Datatype 0–∞ occurrences of teidata.enumerated separated by whitespace
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
Note

If the value mixed is used, it must be the only value. Multiple values may however be supplied if a single stage direction performs multiple functions, for example is both an entrance and a modifier.
Member of
model.stageLike
Contained by
cmc: post
core: add corr del desc emph head hi item l lg meeting note orig p q quote ref reg said sic sp stage textLang 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
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 typeNote
namesdates: occupation
spoken: u 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
core: abbr add address bibl biblStruct binaryObject cb choice cit corr date del desc distinct ellipsis email emph expan foreign gap gb gloss graphic hi index l label lb lg list listBibl measure measureGrp media mentioned milestone name note noteGrp num orig p pb ptr q quote ref reg rs ruby said sic soCalled sp stage term time title unclear unit
dictionaries: lang oRef pRef
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
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc climate country district eventName forename genName geo geogFeat geogName listEvent listNym listObject listOrg listPerson listPlace listRelation location nameLink objectName offset orgName persName persPronouns placeName population region roleName settlement state surname terrain trait
nets: eTree forest graph listForest tree
spoken: annotationBlock incident kinesic pause shift u vocal writing
tagdocs: att classSpec code constraintSpec dataSpec eg egXML elementSpec gi ident listRef macroSpec moduleSpec outputRendition 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
character data
Note

The who attribute may be used to indicate more precisely the person or persons participating in the action described by the stage direction.
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 and falls.</stage>
<!-- Middleton : Yorkshire Tragedy -->
<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>
<!-- Lorraine Hansbury : a raisin in in the sun -->
<stage type="modifier">Disguised as Ansaldo.</stage>
<stage type="entrance modifier">Enter Latrocinio disguised as an empiric</stage>
<!-- Middleton: The Widow -->
<stage type="location">At a window.</stage>
<stage rend="inline" type="delivery">Aside.</stage>
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>
Content model 
<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.specialPara"/>
</content>
Schema Declaration 
<rng:element name="stage">
 <rng:ref name="att.ascribed.directed.attributes"/>
 <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.global.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.placement.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.written.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.cmc.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="type">
   <rng:list>
    <rng:zeroOrMore>
     <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:ref name="teidata.enumerated"/>
     </rng:choice>
    </rng:zeroOrMore>
   </rng:list>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.specialPara"/>
</rng:element>
element stage
{
   att.ascribed.directed.attributes,
   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.global.source.attributes,
   att.placement.attributes,
   att.written.attributes,
   att.cmc.attributes,
   attribute type
   {
      list
      {
         (
            "setting"
          | "entrance"
          | "exit"
          | "business"
          | "novelistic"
          | "delivery"
          | "modifier"
          | "location"
          | "mixed"
          | teidata.enumerated
         )*
      }
   }?,
   macro.specialPara
}