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stagecraft

[ steyj-kraft, -krahft ]
/ ˈsteɪdʒˌkræft, -ˌkrɑft /
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noun

skill in or the art of writing, adapting, or staging plays.

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Origin of stagecraft

First recorded in 1880–85; stage + craft

Words nearby stagecraft

stag beetle, stage, stage brace, stage business, stagecoach, stagecraft, staged, stage direction, stage director, stage-dive, stage door
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Words related to stagecraft

dramatics, histrionics, play, theater, farce, show, scene, production, comedy, tragedy, melodrama, seeming, enactment, depiction, imitation, portrayal, impersonation, assuming, rendition, mimicry

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British Dictionary definitions for stagecraft

stagecraft
/ (ˈsteɪdʒˌkrɑːft) /

noun

skill in or the art of writing or staging plays
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