Wrong exit
Wrong exit is a term used in theater language : an actor leaves the stage or takes a back seat to reappear immediately. According to a theater lexicon from 1839, a false exit can be caused by the audience recalling a performer or express the indecision or thoughtfulness of a character as an intention of the director .
A "wrong exit" can put an effective line under a punchline or a successful song performance and thus increase the applause of the audience. Up until the 19th century, the wrong finish was generally a popular stylistic device for actors and singers.
In the couplet , the actor often makes a false exit from one of the last stanzas, which apparently indicates the end of the song, and then "called back by the applause of the audience" reappears with a new stanza, which then usually marks the transition to the current additional stanzas .
Because it is a sign of the actor's independence, as it interrupts the theater performance planned by authors or directors , the wrong exit has gone out of fashion in the “serious” theater of the 20th century. However , it is still common in cabaret , at pop concerts, etc.
The expression “wrong exit” is often used in a figurative sense for an effective disappearance that happens with the intention of being all the more present afterwards. In this sense, a faked death is a false exit.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Robert Blum, Carl Herlossohn, Hermann Marggraff: General Theater dictionary or encyclopedia all knowledge Werthen for stage artists, amateurs and theater lovers ., Vol 1, Altenburg and Leipzig, 1839. p. 7