stage director

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a person who directs a theatrical production.

(formerly) a stage manager.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

First recorded in 1905–10

Toomey lives here with her husband, Mark, a managing director at Goldman Sachs, and their two daughters.
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Decades ago, the writer-director wrote an episode of the animated comedy that never was.
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This is a Hollywood director at the height of his powers creating original, wildly ambitious epics.
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But at this stage, he is either afraid or unable to get carried away by his thoughts.
The Lost Novel of Nobel-Winner José Saramago|Charles Shafaieh|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST

This is not the first time the director has fallen for Russian propaganda.
Oliver Stone’s Latest Dictator Suckup|James Kirchick|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But between the phase of schooling and the phase of adult learning there is an intermediate stage.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
In practice we find a good deal of technical study comes into the college stage.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
In Scotland and America that is distinguished and thought of clearly as the college stage.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
It was in the college stage that most of us made out our religion and made it real for ourselves.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
My schooling was shocking but, as a blessed compensation, my college stage was rather exceptionally good.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells