Editing Ensemble cast (section)

{{Short description|Cast with many actors given similar standing}}
[[File:Friends actors montage.jpg|thumb|280x280px|''[[Friends]]''' main cast, from left, clockwise: [[Lisa Kudrow]], [[Jennifer Aniston]], [[Courteney Cox]], [[Matthew Perry]], [[Matt LeBlanc]], and [[David Schwimmer]], share similar screen times.]]
In a dramatic production, an '''ensemble cast''' is one that comprises many principal actors and [[performing arts|performers]] who are typically assigned roughly equal amounts of screen time.<ref name=":0">Random House: ensemble acting Linked 2013-07-17</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ik9sleNg10kC&pg=PA112|title=Character design for graphic novels|author=Steven Withrow|author2=Alexander Danner|year=2007|publisher=[[Focal Press]]/Rotovision|page=112|access-date=2009-09-05|isbn=9780240809021|archive-date=2023-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421104220/https://books.google.com/books?id=Ik9sleNg10kC&pg=PA112|url-status=live}}</ref>