Scene

(seen.) | Fr., from Gr. skenē.] (Dram.) In the drama, this word has four significations: its first, or primitive, denotes a theatre, in accordance with its meaning (a tent, or booth); its second, the decoration ofa theatre, as the painting exhibited between the acts; its third, a S. representing the place in which an action is performed, as a room or a garden; and its fourth, that portion of a drama which belongs to the same person or persons, in one place. [s. 802]