French for Rehearsal: Asking Where Your Entrance Cue Is Marked in a Script
Beginner French for amateur actors: ask where your entrance is marked, and understand didascalie and réplique in a rehearsal script.
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In an amateur rehearsal room in French, you often need to find exactly where you are supposed to enter and which line triggers it. This lesson teaches you to ask a director or stage manager a clear, polite question: where is my entrance marked in the script? You will also learn two essential script words, didascalie (stage direction) and réplique (spoken line), so you can follow instructions without guessing. The focus is spoken rehearsal French: short, polite questions and the vocabulary that appears on the page.
By the end, you can…
- ask where my entrance is marked in a French script.
- understand and use the words didascalie and réplique in rehearsal.
- ask which line comes just before my entrance.
Listen once. Try it slowly. Then say it without looking.
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Où est mon entrée dans le script ?
Where is my entrance in the script?
oo eh mohn ahn-TRAY dahn luh skreept
A direct, polite question to a director or stage manager. Use it when you cannot find your entrance on the page.
C'est quelle réplique avant mon entrée ?
Which line is it before my entrance?
seh kel ray-PLEEK ah-VAHN mohn ahn-TRAY
Use this to identify the cue line that comes immediately before you enter.
La didascalie indique mon entrée, c'est ça ?
The stage direction shows my entrance, right?
lah dee-dah-skah-LEE ahn-DEEK mohn ahn-TRAY, seh sah
Use when you think the entrance is written as a stage direction rather than spoken dialogue.
Pouvez-vous me montrer la ligne, s'il vous plaît ?
Can you show me the line, please?
poo-vay VOO muh mohn-TRAY lah LEEN-yuh, seel voo PLEH
Polite and practical when someone has the script open in front of them.
Je dois entrer après cette réplique ?
Do I enter after this line?
zhuh dwah ahn-TRAY ah-PREH set ray-PLEEK
Use to confirm the exact moment of your entrance during a run-through.
Pronunciation guides are approximate. Slow playback keeps the original pitch.
Make it make sense
Useful pattern
To ask where something is marked, use Où est + noun + dans le script ? For example: Où est mon entrée dans le script ? (Where is my entrance in the script?) You can replace mon entrée with ma réplique (my line) or ma didascalie (my stage direction). To ask about timing, use C'est quelle réplique avant mon entrée ? This keeps the question short and easy to answer in a busy rehearsal.
When to use it
Use these questions when the director says something like « Tu entres après cette réplique » and you need to locate it. If the entrance is written in italics or parentheses, it is often a didascalie, not spoken text. If it is spoken by another actor, it is a réplique. Ask Pouvez-vous me montrer la ligne, s'il vous plaît ? when you want the person to point to the exact place in the script.
Listen to each line, then take one part and reply out loud.
Excusez-moi, où est mon entrée dans le script ?
Excuse me, where is my entrance in the script?eks-kew-zay MWAH, oo eh mohn ahn-TRAY dahn luh skreeptC'est après cette réplique, juste avant la didascalie.
It's after this line, just before the stage direction.seh tah-PREH set ray-PLEEK, zhewest ah-VAHN lah dee-dah-skah-LEEDonc j'entre après « Je ne sais pas » ?
So I enter after “I don't know”?dohnk ZHAHN-truh ah-PREH zhuh nuh seh PAHOui, exactement. Montrez-moi la ligne, je vérifie.
Yes, exactly. Show me the line, I'll check.wee, eg-zak-tuh-MAHN. mohn-TRAY mwah lah LEEN-yuh, zhuh vay-REE-feeA little context goes a long way
In French rehearsal rooms, politeness matters: start with Excusez-moi or a short S'il vous plaît when interrupting to ask about a cue. Directors and stage managers usually expect questions about entrances and cues, so keep them brief and specific. In France, script vocabulary is standard, but in Quebec you may hear le texte for the script in casual speech; didascalie and réplique remain widely understood.
One thing to watch for
Saying « Où est mon entrée ? » without dans le script and expecting the answer to be a page location.
Try this instead: Add the context: Où est mon entrée dans le script ? This makes it clear you are asking about the written script, not the physical door or the moment on stage. If you mean the cue line, ask C'est quelle réplique avant mon entrée ?
Your turn
Try answering out loud before checking a possible answer.
1You cannot find your entrance and think it is written as a stage direction. What do you ask?
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La didascalie indique mon entrée, c'est ça ?
This checks whether the entrance is shown as a didascalie. You could also ask Où est mon entrée dans le script ? if you simply need the location.
2The director says your entrance comes after a spoken line. How do you ask which line?
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C'est quelle réplique avant mon entrée ?
This asks for the cue line. A valid alternative is Je dois entrer après cette réplique ? while pointing to the line.
3You want the director to point to the exact line in the script. What polite question fits?
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Pouvez-vous me montrer la ligne, s'il vous plaît ?
This is polite and practical. In a less formal amateur setting, Tu peux me montrer la ligne ? is also acceptable.
Ask Où est mon entrée dans le script ? to locate your entrance, and use didascalie for stage directions and réplique for spoken lines. Keep questions short, polite and specific to the page.
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