In The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde gives different stage directions to express attitude, exit, mood and feeling of characters with different tones. For instance, the lines above revel some of these stage directions.
1. Lane. Thank you, sir. [Lane goes out.] Express Exit with a tone of respect.
2. Jack. [Sitting down on the sofa.] In the country. Visualization of attitude with a tone of reverence.
3. Algernon. Oh! There is no use speculating on that subject. Divorces are made in Heaven—[Jack puts out his hand to take a sandwich. Algernon at once interferes.] Express attitude with an authoritarian tone.
4. Please don’t touch the cucumber sandwiches. They are ordered specially for Aunt Augusta. [Takes one and eats it.] expresses attitude
1. Lane. Thank you, sir. [Lane goes out.] Express Exit with a tone of respect.
2. Jack. [Sitting down on the sofa.] In the country. Visualization of attitude with a tone of reverence.
3. Algernon. Oh! There is no use speculating on that subject. Divorces are made in Heaven—[Jack puts out his hand to take a sandwich. Algernon at once interferes.] Express attitude with an authoritarian tone.
4. Please don’t touch the cucumber sandwiches. They are ordered specially for Aunt Augusta. [Takes one and eats it.] expresses attitude