What does an actor do if he 'corpses'?

mk2norwich

'Corpsing' means breaking into laughter at inconvenient moments whilst on camera. May 04 03, 5:19 PM

fpgjc

laughs /giggles usually uncontrolably when speaking his/her lines May 04 03, 5:20 PM

Fosse4

It originally meant forget the words and freeze on stage (died waiting for the resurrection from the prompter) The modern use for giggles, unscripted laughter is only one of the causes of corpsing, a prop door which fails to open will also cause a corpse from the actor. May 04 03, 9:28 PM

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