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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.

Words related to stagecraft

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

Words nearby stagecraft

stage-door johnny, stage-driver, stage-manage, stage-struck, stagecoach, stagecraft, staged, stagehand, stager, stagestruck, stagey

Origin of stagecraft

First recorded in 1880–85; stage + craft
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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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