a character's speech heard by the audience but supposedly not by other characters
A short speech made to the audience not heard by other characters.
Lines spoken by an actor to the audience and not supposed to be overheard by other characters on-stage.
A dramatic device in which an actor speaks directly to the audience while other individuals onstage supposedly do not hear him or her.
A secret comment from an actor or singer directly to the audience that the other characters cannot hear.
When the character breaks away from the situation to talk to the audience without being heard by the other characters.
A line spoken directly to the audience (often used in Shakespearean plays).
A short line in a play delivered directly to the audience; by dramatic convention, the other characters onstage are presumed not to hear it. Popular in the works of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and of the Restoration period, the aside has made a comeback in recent years and is used to good effect, in conjunction with the longer direct address, by contemporary American playwrights such as Lanford Wilson (born 1937) and Neil Simon (born 1927).
A character speaks in the presence of others but is understood not to be heard by them ( SG 175).
a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"
a dramatic device that lets the audience know what the character is really feeling and thinking
a form of dramatic irony in which the audience learns something another character does not know
a remark that is spoken in an undertone by one character to the audience or to another character, and that the characters on the stage do not hear
a statement made by a character in a play which no one else can hear
a thought that is seemingly thrown in by the speaker as if something they were saying reminded them of it
a brief comment by an actor, heard by the audience, but not the other characters on stage
A comment or speech directed to the audience that supposedly is not audible to the other characters onstage. Aside is occaionsally used in films.
Used commonly in melodrama, this is an observation or comment made directly to the audience “not heard” by the other characters onstage.
Words spoken by a character in a play, usually in an undertone, not intended to be heard by other characters on stage.
A comment made by a stage performer that is intended to be heard by the audience but supposedly not by other character Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude is an extended use of the aside in modern theater.
In the theater, something said to the audience that is pretended not to be heard by the other actors. In television, the actor would look right at the camera and talk to the viewers. In a speech or presentation, the speaker would make a temporary departure from the main theme or topic.
a brief remark made by a character and intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters.
A dramatic device in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud, in words meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters. See Soliloquy
can be a written digression (a novelist's aside to the reader). (In drama) It is a speech [also known as soliloquy] directed to the audience that supposedly is not audible to the other characters onstage at the time. Example: Iago has many asides in Othello when he is discussing his plans that the other characters can't hear.
A line spoken to a character which is not supposed to be heard by others on stage.
An aside is a technique used in a dramatic performances and literature in which a character says something to him or herself for the purposes of informing the people reading or viewing the work about the character's thoughts. The term originated in plays, where the actor or actress literally steps 'aside' from the action to deliver a soliloquy or an remark to the audience which is assumed to be unheard by the other characters on stage.
