When quoting a play in a paper does the line mean every individual line or each line or each line that the character says. For example would
Stella [noticing]:
Blache, you sit down and let me pour the drinks. I don't know what we've got to mix with. Maybe a coke's in the icebox. Look and see, honey, while I'm-
Would that be four line based on how much space it takes up or would it be one because it's one spoken line?
Also, if I wanted to quote from the stage direction should that be included in the line count?
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