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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Stage Manager canonical 2
Stage Manager in "Our Town" 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatic device
fictional character
metatheatrical character
narrator
addressesAudienceDirectly true
announcesSceneChanges true
appearsInGenre play
associatedWithTheatricalMinimalism true
breaksFourthWall true
canStepInAsMinorCharacters true
commentsOnEverydayLife true
commentsOnProduction true
commentsOnTheatricalIllusion true
controlsOnstageTime true
countryOfOrigin United States
createdBy Thornton Wilder
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
premiereMedium stage
providesExposition true
reflectsOnMortality true
roleIn Our Town
linked to: Our Town (play)
setsTone true
settingDescribed Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire
linked to: Grover's Corners
typicalStaging minimalProps
oftenHoldsScriptOrNotebook
simpleCostume
workAuthor Thornton Wilder
workForm three-act play
workTitle Our Town
linked to: Our Town (play)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Act III (The Skin of Our Teeth) hasCharacter Stage Manager
subject linked to: Act III
Frank Craven notableRole Stage Manager in "Our Town"
linked to: Stage Manager
Our Town mainCharacter Stage Manager
subject linked to: Our Town (play)