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[<i>Exit</i> <sc>Harpax</sc>.

/#[*** Hanging indent; enclose in block quotes.]
<i>Enter</i> <sc>Sempronius</sc>, <i>at the head of the guard,
soldiers leading three kings bound</i>; <sc>Antoninus</sc>
<i>and</i> <sc>Macrinus</sc> <i>bearing the emperor's eagles</i>;
<sc>Dioclesian</sc> <i>with a gilt laurel on his head,
leading in</i> <sc>Artemia</sc>: <sc>Sapritius</sc> <i>kisses the
emperor's hand, then embraces his son</i>;
<sc>Harpax</sc> <i>brings in</i> <sc>Calista</sc> <i>and</i> <sc>Christeta</sc>.
<i>Loud shouts.</i>
#/

/*
<i>Diocle.</i> So: at all parts I find Cæsarea
Completely govern'd: the licentious soldier
Confined in modest limits, and the people
*/

Non-standard stage directions

The project manager wanted right-justified stage directions that are on lines of their own to be left-justified and unmarked. As stated elsewhere in these examples, there are no widely accepted standards for this, so always check the project's comments and discussion, and if it isn't covered, ask.

Italics and small caps interactions

Guidelines require closing and reopening italics around names in small caps. The result may be hard to read in _plain text_. You can ask the project manager about enclosing all of this in a single pair of italics markups and marking each small caps within that ... but always format per the guidelines unless the project manager or post-processor says to do otherwise.

Plain text output

Below is how the markup above will appear in plain text.

[_Exit_ HARPAX.

_Enter_ SEMPRONIUS, _at the head of the guard,
soldiers leading three kings bound_; ANTONINUS
_and_ MACRINUS _bearing the emperor's eagles_;
DIOCLESIAN _with a gilt laurel on his head,
leading in_ ARTEMIA: SAPRITIUS _kisses the
emperor's hand, then embraces his son_;
HARPAX _brings in_ CALISTA _and_ CHRISTETA.
_Loud shouts._

_Diocle._ So: at all parts I find Cæsarea
Completely govern'd: the licentious soldier
Confined in modest limits, and the people

Plain text output (italicized paragraphs)

This is how the example's inline tags would look if the entire "paragraph" were enclosed in a single pair of italics.

[_Exit_ HARPAX.

_Enter SEMPRONIUS, at the head of the guard,
soldiers leading three kings bound; ANTONINUS
and MACRINUS bearing the emperor's eagles;
DIOCLESIAN with a gilt laurel on his head,
leading in ARTEMIA: SAPRITIUS kisses the
emperor's hand, then embraces his son;
HARPAX brings in CALISTA and CHRISTETA.
Loud shouts._

_Diocle._ So: at all parts I find Cæsarea
Completely govern'd: the licentious soldier
Confined in modest limits, and the people

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