Category:Scene

Scene, n. Etym: [l. scaena, scena, gr.

1. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part Of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and Decorations; the stage.

2. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in Which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other Devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a Play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the Scenes.

3. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or Important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a Separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently Determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes. My dismal scene i needs must act alone. Shak.

4. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or In which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; Surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place Of occurence, exhibition, or action. "in troy, there lies the scene." Shak. The world is a vast scene of strife. J. M. Mason.

5. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series Of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a Show; an exhibition; a view. Through what new scenes and changes must we pass! Addison.

6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery. A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn, shades on the sides, And in the midst a lawn. Dryden.

7. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; Often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for Effect; a theatrical display. Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait de Quincey. Behind the scenes, behind the scenery of a theater; out of the view Of the audience, but in sight of the actors, machinery, etc.; hence, Conversant with the hidden motives and agencies of what appears to Public view.

Scene Scene, v. t.

Defn: to exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. [obs.] Abp. Sancroft.