Rehearsals

Implied and imposed business

The difference between business the script calls for and business the director or actor invents. Which word means which depends on who you ask.

Usage differs: some directing books call the playwright's written actions imposed and the director's additions implied, and others flip them, sometimes within the same book. Agree the terms in your own room.

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