Noun
stage direction (plural stage directions)
An instruction given to an actor that tells the actor what should be done and in what manner to do it.
Hyponyms: enter, exit, exeunt
The stage direction given in the script said to walk forward and speak the line loudly.
Several performances of the play have even ignored the stage direction to have the Ghost of Banquo enter at all, heightening the sense that Macbeth is growing mad, since the audience cannot see what he claims to see. Source: Internet
Rather, they become lexicalized and spoken like non-slang words in a “stage direction” like fashion, where the actual action is not carried out but substituted with a verbal signal. Source: Internet