Exit (theater)

The departure of an actor or character in the theater ( required in the theater text with the stage direction “from”) means leaving the stage or the area visible to the audience. An exit is the end of a scene (an appearance ) in a drama .

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Normally an actor leaves a stage or a peep-show stage sideways through the alleys , less often backwards. Practical doors have been used for this since the late 19th century. A special form of exit is leaving the stage in the lower stage area by means of the recess .

If an actor reappears immediately after leaving, it is called a “ false exit ”. This is the custom after individual stanzas of the Viennese couplet to the applause of the audience.

If the illusionist ideals of naturalism do not apply, the actors can often still be seen after the characters have already gone. It is an alienation effect .

Idioms

Outside of the theater sector, “exit” can mean defeat, an open protest or death, the most effective variants of leaving the stage.

Types of Stage disposal were received in the following phrases: " Covering the middle " refers to a rapid and striking finish back "into the sinking fall" or "disappear from the scene" comes from the finish by a flap in the stage bottom.