exeunt
They leave now
Exeunt is a stage direction meaning "they exit," used in scripts when multiple characters leave the scene together: Exeunt all but Hamlet.
The word is Latin, the plural of exit.
Exeunt omnes means everyone leaves the stage.
Outside theater, exeunt appears in literary or humorous contexts describing departures: And with that, they exeunt.
Script's movement instruction
- cueTrigger for action
- wingsLimbs for flight
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- offstageOut of audience view
curtain · finale · ensemble · actors · troupe · prompt · scene change · theatrical
Leave-taking expression
- valedictionFormal parting statement
- adieuFormal leave-taking
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
leave-taking · exodus · dispersal · scattering · parting · vacating · decamping
Of late 1500s England
- GlobeFamous Elizabethan theatre
- folioSingle-fold page format
- quartoFour-leaf printing format
- Stratford-upon-AvonWarwickshire market town
groundlings · blank verse · iambic pentameter · tragedy · comedy · dramaturgy · soliloquy · thespian
stage direction
Script's movement instruction
offstage · curtain · finale · ensemble · actors · troupe · prompt · scene change · theatrical · entrance
farewell
Leave-taking expression
- valedictionFormal parting statement
- adieuFormal leave-taking
- withdrawalAct of taking away
retreat · leave-taking · exodus · dispersal · scattering · parting · vacating · decamping
Elizabethan
Of late 1500s England
Stratford-upon-Avon · groundlings · blank verse · iambic pentameter · tragedy · comedy · dramaturgy · soliloquy · thespian · playwright