stage business
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stage business
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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And he admitted these were both a problem, describing them as "early stage business issues".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
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
In the nature of such risky stage business, the playful interludes are hit or miss: Stunts are arranged to draw audience members into the play, which embroider the carnival atmosphere but feel a bit halfhearted.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 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
Here he became acquainted with Mr. Joseph Younger, who was at the time prompter at Covent Garden theatre, and though no actor himself, knew stage business as well as any man in England.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
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