Stage Manager

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The Stage Manager is a metatheatrical character who breaks the fourth wall to guide the audience through the play’s action and comment on its production.

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Surface form Occurrences
Stage Manager (Our Town) 0

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatic device
fictional character
metatheatrical character
narrator
addressesAudienceDirectly true
announcesSceneChanges true
appearsInGenre play
associatedWithTheatricalMinimalism true GENERATED
breaksFourthWall true
canStepInAsMinorCharacters true
commentsOnEverydayLife true
commentsOnProduction true
commentsOnTheatricalIllusion true
controlsOnstageTime true
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Thornton Wilder NERFINISHED
describesSettingVerbally true
explainsSpatialShifts true
explainsTemporalShifts true
firstAppearanceYear 1938
genderOfCharacter variable
guidesAudienceThroughAction true
highSchoolAndCommunityTheatreStaple true
influencedMetatheatreConventions true
inspiredLaterNarratorCharacters true
interactsWithCharacters true
language English
mediatesBetweenStageAndAudience true
narrativeFunction chorus-like commentator
frameNarrator
oftenPlayedBySingleActor true
omniscientPerspective true
premiereLocation Princeton, New Jersey NERFINISHED
premiereMedium stage
providesExposition true
reflectsOnMortality true
roleIn Our Town NERFINISHED
setsTone true
settingDescribed Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire NERFINISHED
typicalStaging minimalProps GENERATED
oftenHoldsScriptOrNotebook GENERATED
simpleCostume GENERATED
workAuthor Thornton Wilder NERFINISHED
workForm three-act play
workTitle Our Town NERFINISHED

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Act III hasCharacter Stage Manager
subject surface form: Act III (The Skin of Our Teeth)