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A friend of mine has just started writing plays. At the end of the scene she had written 'Exeunt "character's name"' Now I have read Shakespeare and have seen it in there but is it used in modern plays? Has it been changed to 'Exit'? I know that I should be looking in modern plays for my answer but all I can find is Shakespeare.
I can remember a cartoon character saying "Exit Stage Left" and "Exit Stage Right" (Was it Snagglepus? Can't remember) Anyway, that sounds more sensible to me.
Exit (n) departure of actor from stage. (v.i.) (Stage Direction): (actor) leaves stage.(lit. or fig.; Exit Macbeth).
From the Concise Oxford Dictionary.
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From the Concise Oxford Dictionary.
Exit = he/she/it leaves.
Exeunt = they leave.