Definition of Mise en scene

1. Noun. Arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted.

Exact synonyms: Setting, Stage Setting
Terms within: Flat, Prop, Property, Set, Stage Set
Generic synonyms: Stage

Definition of Mise en scene

1. Noun. (alternative form of mise en scène) ¹

2. Noun. Physical environment; surroundings. ¹

3. Noun. The arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mise En Scene

misdrawing
misdrawn
misdraws
misdread
misdreads
misdrew
misdrive
misdriven
misdrives
misdriving
misdrove
mise
mise-en-scene
mise en abyme
mise en place
mise en scene (current term)
misease
miseased
miseases
miseasy
miseat
miseaten
miseating
miseats
misedit
misedited
misediting
misedition
miseditions
misedits

Literary usage of Mise en scene

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Miscellaneous Studies in the History of Music by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (1921)
"MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC THE NEW mise en scene OF MOZART'S DON GIOVANNI AT MUNICH (Originally written in German; published in an ..."

2. An Englishman in Paris: (notes and Recollections). by Albert Dresden Vandam (1892)
"... story of two detectives—The hunts at Compiegne—Some of the mise en scene and dramatis personal— The shooting-parties—Mrs. Grundy not banished, ..."

3. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"A la mise en scene. [Fr.] Lit. according to the getting up of the play. Alamoth. [Heb.] Title of Ps. xlvi., and in i Chron. xv. 20. ..."

4. My Musical Life by Hugh Reginald Haweis (1898)
"... symbolize the spirit whilst providing a mise- en-scene for the valour, the victory, and the love-musings of the young hero. ..."

5. My Theatrical and Musical Recollections by Emily Soldene (1897)
"... 1878—At the Alham- bra—" Geneviève de Brabant "—How many persons paid at the doors that night—The cast—M. Jacobi as a conductor—The mise-en-scene—The ..."

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