Question

Good names for a chapter in a book about a map and meeting people in the past and performing on stage

Answer 1

Here are a variety of chapter-title ideas grouped by tone and focus so you can pick what fits your book’s voice.

Combined (map + past + stage)
- The Cartographer’s Curtain
- Atlas of Echoes
- When Maps Applaud
- Stage Directions to Yesterday
- The Map That Knew Our Names
- Footlights and Footpaths
- Backstage on a Bygone Street
- A Compass for Memory
- The Mapmaker’s Audience
- Routes of Reverie

Mystical / Poetic
- Inked in Time
- The Lines Between Ages
- Cartography of Ghosts
- Meridian of Memories
- The Atlas of Otherwise
- Cartographer’s Lullaby
- The Old Map’s Whisper
- Longitude of Longing

Dramatic / Theatrical
- Act One: The Map Appears
- Entr’acte in Another Century
- Bowing to the Past
- The Final Rehearsal of Yesterday
- Spotlight on Old Faces
- Curtain Up on History
- A Standing Ovation for Time

Playful / Punny
- Map It Out, Time It Back
- Plotting the Past
- Stage Map-terpiece
- Past Tense, Present Stage
- Theatre of Cartography

Short and Punchy
- Return Route
- Encore in Ink
- Lost Coordinates
- People of the Fold
- Aisle and Atlas

If you tell me the chapter’s tone (mysterious, comic, romantic, eerie), the era you visit, or whether the meeting is intimate or a large crowd, I can tailor a few perfect options.