`<move>` | (Movement) marks the actual entrance or exit of one or more characters on stage.

Attributes:

`who` | identifies the character or characters performing the movement.
| Datatype: IDREFS
| Values: The IDREFS are derived from the ID attribute on the role elements in the cast list.
| Default: #REQUIRED

`type` | characterizes the movement, for example as an entrance or exit.
| Datatype: CDATA

Legal values:

`entrance` | character is entering the stage.
`exit` | character is exiting the stage.
`onstage` | character moves on stage

| Default: #IMPLIED
`where` | specifies the direction of a stage movement.
| Datatype: CDATA

Legal values:

`L` | stage left
`R` | stage right
`C` | centre stage

| Default: #IMPLIED
Note | Full blocking information will normally require combinations of values, (for example ``UL'' for ``upper stage left'') and may also require more detailed encoding of speed, direction etc. Full documentation of any coding system used should be provided in the header.
`perf` | identifies the performance or performances in which this movement occurred as specified.
| Datatype: IDREFS
| Values: The ID of a `<performance>` element.
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example

    <stage type="entrance">
    <move who=B type="enter" where=SL perf=P1>
    Enter Bellafront mad.</stage>

Tagset base tag set for performance texts
Class stageDirection [and indirectly also:] comp.drama, inter
Filename `teidram2`
Content: Empty
Parents ab add admin argument body camera caption case castList cell colloc corr country damage def desc descrip div div0 div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 docEdition emph epigraph epilogue equiv etym fDescr figDesc foreign form fsDescr gen gram gramGrp head hi hyph imprimatur item itype l lang lbl lem meeting metDecl mood note number orth otherForm p per performance pos prologue pron q quote rdg ref region remarks rendition seg set sic sound stage stress subc supplied syll tagUsage tech title titlePart tns tr trans unclear usg view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref
Children[none]
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT move          - O  EMPTY                              >
    <!ATTLIST move               %a.global
              who                IDREFS              #REQUIRED
              type               CDATA               #IMPLIED
              where              CDATA               #IMPLIED
              perf               IDREFS              #IMPLIED       >

See 10.2.3

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