Library of Formatting Examples:Drama/07A
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[blank line] [blank line] [blank line] [blank line] MARY TUDOR[*** Play title: major division] [blank line] [blank line] [blank line] [blank line] <i>FIRST DAY</i>[*** First act: major division] A MAN OF THE PEOPLE[*** Sub-heading of act] /# <sc>Scene.</sc>--<i>Border of the Thames. A deserted strand. An old parapet in ruins, conceals the borders of the water. To the right, a house of mean appearance. At the corner of this house, a statuette of the Virgin, at whose feet burns a wick in an iron lattice. In the background, beyond the Thames, London. Two high buildings are seen--the Tower of London and Westminster. The sun is setting</i>[** .?] #/[*** End of major division headings] [blank line] [blank line] SCENE I[*** Scene: minor division] /# <i>Several men are grouped here and there on the Strand, among whom are</i> <sc>Simon Renard</sc>, <sc>John Bridges</sc>, <sc>Baron Chandos</sc>, <sc>Robert Clinton</sc>, <sc>Anthony Brown</sc>, <sc>Viscount of Montague</sc></i>[** .?] #/ LORD CHANDOS. You are right, my lord, this damned Italian must have bewitched the Queen. She can't ex-* |
Scenes beginning with heading
Here an act serves as a major division immediately following the play's title. Both get four blank lines before them. The first scene is described in stage directions with hanging indents requiring block quotes. However, those stage directions and a sub-heading of the act are all part of the heading area belonging to the act. Two blank lines come after to designate the end of the headings of that major division.
The start of the scene in this play has an actual heading indicating the beginning of the minor division. That would call for two blank lines above it no matter the situation, but we already have those from the end of the major division prior. Yet more stage directions indicate the characters of the scene, also requiring block quotes for the hanging indents.