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mise_en_scène
mise en scène
English
Alternative forms
Noun
mise en scène (plural mises en scène)
- Physical environment; surroundings.
- The arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film.
- 1998: H. Robert Cohen, Original Staging Manuals for Ten Parisian Operatic Premières, 1824–1843, page xiii (Pendragon Press; ISBN 9780945193616, 0945193610):
- For reasons explained in the previous volume, noticeably absent are mises en scène representing productions at the Théâtre-Italien.
- 1998: H. Robert Cohen, Original Staging Manuals for Ten Parisian Operatic Premières, 1824–1843, page xiii (Pendragon Press; ISBN 9780945193616, 0945193610):
Translations
physical environment; surroundings
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the arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film
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See also
- mise en scène on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- “‖mise-en-scène” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Pronounced: [mizɑ̃sɛn]
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miz ɑ̃ sɛn/
Noun
mise en scène f (plural mises en scène)
- mise en scène (arrangement on a stage)
- contextualization (creation of a context for a story)