Sentence:  Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent <WSD>scene</WSD> which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.