i have finally compiled my top 5 shakespearean stage directions
- leaps into the grave (hamlet)
- enter titus as a chef (titus andronicus)
- storm still (king lear)
- falstaff riseth up (henry iv part 1)
- exit pursued by a bear (the winter’s tale)
Can I nominate [ Enter Pericles, wet ]
I would like to bring forth [He goeth down] (Romeo and Juliet)
I can’t believe we’re ignoring [Enter Gloucester and Buckingham in rotten armor, marvelous ill-favored] and [They fly, leaving their clothes behind]