i have finally compiled my top 5 shakespearean stage directions
- leaps into the grave (hamlet)
- enter titus as a chef (titus andronicus)
- storm still (king lear)
- falstaff riseth up (henry iv part 1)
- exit pursued by a bear (the winter’s tale)
you forgot: jupiter descends in thunder and lightning, sitting upon an eagle: he throws a thunderbolt. (cymbeline V.iv)
also: enter a messenger, with two heads and a hand (titus andronicus III.i)