## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <move>

`<move>` | (Movement) marks the actual entrance or exit of one or more characters on stage.

Attributes

(In addition to global attributes and those inherited from stageDirection)

`who` | identifies the character or characters performing the movement.
| Datatype: IDREFS
| Values: The references are derived from the `id` attribute on the `<role>` elements in the cast list.
| Default: #REQUIRED

`type` | characterizes the movement, for example as an entrance or exit.
| Datatype: CDATA

Suggested values include:

entrance | character is entering the stage.
exit | character is exiting the stage.
onstage | character moves on stage

| Default: #IMPLIED
`where` | specifies the direction of a stage movement.
| Datatype: CDATA

Sample values include:

L | stage left
R | stage right
C | centre stage

| Default: #IMPLIED
Note | Full blocking information will normally require combinations of values, (for example ‘UL’ for ‘upper stage left’) and may also require more detailed encoding of speed, direction etc. Full documentation of any coding system used should be provided in the header.
`perf` | identifies the performance or performances in which this movement occurred as specified.
| Datatype: IDREFS
| Values: The references are derived from the `id` attribute on a `<performance>` element.
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example

    <stage type="entrance">
       <move who="b" type="enter" where="SL" perf="p1"/>
    Enter Bellafront mad.</stage>

Module Declared in file teidram2; Base tag set for performance texts: enabled by TEI.drama
Class stageDirection
Data Description Empty
May occur within ab add admin argument body camera caption case castList cell colloc corr country damage def descrip dictScrap div div0 div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 docEdition emph entryFree epigraph epilogue etym figDesc foreign form gen gram gramGrp head hi hyph imprimatur item itype l lang lbl lem meeting metDecl mood note number orth otherForm p per performance pos prologue pron q quote rdg ref region rendition seg set sic sound stage stress subc supplied syll tagUsage tech title titlePart tns tr trans unclear usg view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT move %om.RO; EMPTY>
    <!ATTLIST move
          %a.global;
          who IDREFS #REQUIRED
          type CDATA #IMPLIED
          where CDATA #IMPLIED
          perf IDREFS #IMPLIED>

See further 10.2.3 Stage Directions

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