What do the stage directions in a play tell the reader? how long the play will be and how the plot is divided into sections who
speaks each line of dialogue and in which order in a scene who will be appearing in each act of the play and who they are the setting, the characters’ actions, and the characters’ expressions
The correct answer is D. The setting, the characters’ actions, and the characters’ expressions
Explanation:
A play refers to a fictional story that is written to be represented by actors in a stage, because of this, plays mainly include dialogues that show the words of each character in a sequence. But besides this, plays commonly include stage directions which appear in parentheses, italics or similar in all the script and include information about the setting in which each dialogue or monologue takes place along with the actions of the characters including their movements, mood, gesture, tone of voice, etc. Considering this, it can be concluded the stage directions tell the reader about "the setting, the characters’ actions, and the characters’ expressions".
Stage directions give indication to the characters actions and expressions. It states who is coming and going (and from where) and what they will be doing.
