stage business
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stage business
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Another part of his success was his ability to negotiate intricate stage business in an opera in which the action can become so complicated that almost nobody can follow it.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2023
Other actors came up with bits of stage business in another scene, detailing the moments before the evening SNN newscast went live.
From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2022
But what does that bit of symbolically freighted stage business feel like if you’re Elton John?
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2019
Outside of the big numbers, all carried off robustly, it is not, perhaps, as suave as it might be; the pacing is sometimes erratic, the stage business stereotypical.
From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2018
Farrar as a singer, had a similar passion for impromptu stage "business."
From Interpreters by Van Vechten, Carl
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