n.
    - the place where an incident in real life or fiction occurs or occurred. 
▸a landscape.
 ▸a representation of an incident, or the incident itself:
 scenes of 1930s America.
 - a sequence of continuous action in a play, film, opera, etc. 
▸a subdivision of an act in a play, in which the time is continuous and the setting fixed.
 ▸the pieces of scenery used in a play or opera.
 - a public display of emotion or anger.
 - a specified area of activity or interest. 
▸
(usu. the scene)
 informal a social environment frequented by homosexuals.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    - behind the scenes
 out of public view.  - change of scene
 a move to different surroundings.  - come 
(or appear or arrive)
 on the scene
 arrive; appear.  - hit 
(or US make)
 the scene
 arrive; appear.  - not one's scene
 informal not something one enjoys or is interested in. 
   
  Etymology
  C16: from L. scena, from Gk skēnē ‘tent, stage’.