A long speech by one actor in a play, film, or broadcast programme. Also: a scene in a drama in which only one actor speaks (opposed to chorus and dia…

The unchanging, repetitive song of a bird (in quot.: a cuckoo). Cf. monologist, n. 1. Obsolete.

In a drama, book, film, etc.: a scene set at night. Also (in later use): an episode or event taking place at night.

a scene depicting the insanity of one of the characters in a play, opera, etc.

A term used loosely or incorrectly for drop or act-drop (drop, n. 16); also for the final scene of a play or drama in real life, that on which…

the moment or scene in a play, etc., in which a principal character experiences a sudden revelation or enlightenment through the recognition of…

(a) a scene introduced on the front of the stage to give the stage-carpenters time to arrange complicated scenery behind for the next act; (b) the…

A scene in a play, opera, etc., made inevitable and indispensable by the progress of the action; the most important scene of the play, often the…

a crowd scene, esp. in a film or play; also in extended use.

(in a book, film, or play) a description or scene of a sexual nature, esp. one featuring sexual intercourse.

In various elliptical or allusive uses: (i) = curtain-call n. at compounds 3; (ii) the finale of a play, act, or scene; also transferred; (iii) = c…