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<sc>Brooke Twombley.</sc>[*** Small caps.] Haw, haw! If you'll wait a few minutes you'll see an imposing display of trains and feathers. Some of them are coming on here after the ceremony to drink tea, I believe. <sc>Valentine White.</sc> Trains and feathers! Good gracious, Brooke, Imogen must have grown up! <sc>Brooke Twombley.</sc> Here's her portrait--what? <sc>Valentine White.</sc> [<i>Staring at the portrait.</i>] I am right, Brooke--she <i>has</i> grown up! <sc>Brooke Twombley.</sc> Haw! <sc>Valentine White.</sc> Eight years ago she was a romp, with a frock that always had a tear in it, and a head like a cornfield in the wind. Just look at this! While I've been away they've given her a new frock and brushed her hair. What an awful change! [<sc>Probyn</sc> <i>appears at the conservatory entrance</i>.] <sc>Probyn.</sc> Lady Euphemia Vibart. /# [<sc>Lady Euphemia Vibart</sc>, <i>a handsome, distinguished-looking, and elegantly dressed girl of about twenty, enters. She scarcely notices</i> <sc>Valentine</sc>, <i>who bows formally</i>.] #/

Left-justified and hanging stage directions

Stage directions that are not on dialogue lines should be left-justified and treated as paragraphs. Brackets are containers and go outside markups. Stage directions with a hanging indent need to use block quotes to indicate as such.

When small caps appear within italics, follow the guidelines and close/reopen the italics each time. Some project managers prefer just one set of italics around the entire "paragraph," so if this isn't covered in the project comments, ask.

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