mise en scène

[ mee zahn sen ]
/ mi zɑ̃ ˈsɛn /
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noun French.

the process of setting a stage, with regard to placement of actors, scenery, properties, etc.
the stage setting or scenery of a play.
surroundings; environment.

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Words nearby mise en scène

misdirection, misdo, misdoubt, mise, mise en place, mise en scène, misease, miseducate, misemploy, miseno, misenus
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Words related to mise en scene

arena, backdrop, background, blackout, display, exhibition, flat, landscape, locale, locality, location, outlook, pageant, picture, place, representation, scenery, set, setting, show

Example sentences from the Web for mise en scene

  • The mise-en-scene of a play is as much a part of it as the words spoken on the stage.

    The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet|George Bernard Shaw

  • This is merely a hasty glimpse of the "mise-en-scene" that preceded the debut in life of the most renowned of Polish poets.

    Sonnets from the Crimea|Adam Mickiewicz

  • The author then undertook to stage the play, designed the scenes, and arranged the mise-en-scene to the minutest detail.

    Hadda Padda|Godmunder Kamban

British Dictionary definitions for mise en scene

mise en scène
/ French (miz ɑ̃ sɛn) /

noun

  1. the arrangement of properties, scenery, etc, in a play
  2. the objects so arranged; stage setting
the environment of an event
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