The structure on which a spectacle or play is
exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its
adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
The decorations and fittings of a stage,
representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one
of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality
to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the
scenes; to go behind the scenes.
So much of a play as passes without change
of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a
subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to
the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of
four scenes.
The place, time, circumstance, etc., in
which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the
like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the
imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action.
An assemblage of objects presented to the
view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their
connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.
A landscape, or part of a landscape;
scenery.
An exhibition of passionate or strong
feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or
course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
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