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Definition of Stage business

1. Noun. Incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect. "His business with the cane was hilarious"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stage Business

Literary usage of Stage business

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"Bassanio follows; they go up and down two or three times C to R; C to LC; finishing C. Gratiano and Nerissa do the same, up and down R. This stage business ..."

2. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (2001)
"when he revived [this play] at his Theatre on January 31, 1888, — would observe that much new and effective stage business was introduced. ..."

3. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"6This is his final stroke. NB— Where the numbers of the notes are repeated, it is to indicate that the stage " business " is repeated. ..."

4. Life on the Stage: My Personal Experiences and Recollections by Clara Morris (1901)
"... his Interference, his Lecture on stage business, his Error of Memory or too Powerful Imagination —Why I Remain a Dramatic Old Slipper — Contemptuous ..."

5. Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society by Minnesota Historical Society (1876)
"BURBANK, BLAKELEY & MERRIAM constituted the firm, and carried on the express and stage business as joint partners. At the next Government letting, ..."

6. The Art of Acting and Public Reading: Dramatic Interpretation by Rollo Anson Tallcott (1922)
"(8) General stage business. stage business refers to the action accompanying the ... General stage business means the larger moves that must be accomplished ..."

7. The Art of Acting and Public Reading: Dramatic Interpretation by Rollo Anson Tallcott (1922)
"(8) General stage business. stage business refers to the action accompanying the speaking of lines; the walking and moving about stage; the handling of ..."

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