> > On 2/24/2011 10:03 AM, Bob W wrote: > > stage directions are not markup. > > > > B > > Here: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/othello/othello.4.2.html, roughly at > 1/3rd of the page I find the following text: > > > DESDEMONA > > O, heaven forgive us! > > OTHELLO > > I cry you mercy, then: > I took you for that cunning whore of Venice > That married with Othello. > > Raising his voice > > The last sentence is in italics and as you say is stage directions. I > will need to be explained, Bob, how "raising his voice" is different > from from "smiling". > > Boris
the playwright is giving instructions to the actor. What you are doing is the same as having the actor read aloud the words 'raising his voice' during the performance. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
