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to restage

to restage

1 4.1
To put on a play or show again for an audience
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈsteɪdʒ/
translation icon : reponer
  • After several rehearsals, they will restage the entire performance for the opening night.
  • restage the production
  • Broadway debut restaging

Examples

  • And this is from Martha Graham's masterpiece Claudium Lestra, which I think it was restaged by the Graham Company more or less recently.

  • I telephoned the photographers and we restaged the whole thing for "Time and Life".

  • Really successful translations of stage to screen have always been restaged and reimagined for the camera.

  • I can't get excited about your restaging someone else's old play, it just...

  • We'll stage, reconnoiter, regroup, strategize, restage, then have lunch.

    Blog text (24)
  • Video displays explain the battle and its times, while groups of enthusiasts restage the action, all reminiscent of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

    Academic text (1990)
  • They make for the teahouses of Ishigakecho, where they hire a room on the second floor and restage the dances from the finale.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Sleep No More was created by the company in 2003 and restaged in Boston in 2009 at ART, where Diane Paulus had taken over as artistic director.

    Blog text (6)
  • For Vapour, Searle decided to restage the event, filling massive pots not with food but with water (Fig. 7).

    Academic text (2004)
  • French propaganda photographs from 1871 restaged famous news events like executions and massacres to imbue them with extra vividness.

    Blog text (19)

Synonyms

to redo
vsto restage
47 2.1

Do something again to fix mistakes or make it better

refers specifically to mounting another live production rather than general repetition
to reenact
vsto restage
22 4.4

Act out a past event again for people to watch or learn from

means arranging a new production again rather than recreating past events
to reprise
vsto restage
14 7.6

To perform a song or part again

is used for redoing the whole production rather than just a part
to rerun
vsto restage
3 2.3

Show a TV program, film, or play again after its first showing

involves organizing a fresh live production rather than repeating a broadcast
to reshow
vsto restage
3.4

To present something again, for example a film or play

focuses on creating a new staged presentation rather than just showing again

How Different

to reimagine
9 4.7
to revive
104 4.2
to restage
1 4.1
repeat
132 1.0

Surface Forms

restage infinitive
restaged past
restaged past participle
restaging present participle
restages third person singular

Morphology

restage = stage (transparent) = re + stage

This is a standard and readily interpretable use of 're-' meaning 'again' attached to the verb 'stage'.

Etymology

Restage starts with re- 'again' and ends with stage 'the place or scene for a play', so to restage a show is to put the play on the stage again or perform it again.