Stage Manager

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dramatic device fictional character metatheatrical character narrator

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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Observed surface forms (1)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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