Iain Coleman wrote:
I wonder If this has anything to do with Shakespeare having been an actor?
Stage directions are beloved of writers, loathed or ignored by actors.<
Or, considering he wrote such a lot, maybe it was lack of time: "What do you want, a rewrite and stage directions on this one, or the next play?" (Like, to bring this back to B7, Terry Nation's "Do you want a rewrite or the next episode?")
Marian