stage director
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4.2
- noun
- /steɪdʒ dɪˈrɛktər/
- Specialized
:
director de escena
- The stage director guided the actors through each scene to ensure a flawless performance.
Examples
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"A good conductor, a good stage director, keeps a small tactical anger warm in her pocket."
Fiction book (1996) -
The stage director strides among us.
Fiction book (1996) -
And that is the wish of every stage director.
Fiction book (1991) -
I'll introduce you to the stage director.
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The stage director puts one hand on my right elbow.
Fiction book (1996) -
For hours, the stage director must exercise the same patient attention to lines of egress and massing of population as a traffic controller.
Fiction book (1996) -
This trio replaces previously announced award-winning film/stage director David Anspaugh, who left the production last week.
Blog text (12) -
Although they differ greatly in their approach to production, nearly all of the new theater theories are informed by the need for a tension between script and performance, the playwright's text and the stage director's interpretation of it.
Academic text (2000) -
Thus, one advantage of presenting the debate as a play is that the stage director can change the scene of the play (i.e., the topic of discussion) without the audience (here: the readers) needing to see why or how such a shift takes place.
Academic text (1997) -
Meanwhile, stage director Jose Maria Condemi well exposed the machinations of Scarpia that would fulfill his lust for the actress Tosca.
Blog text (14)
Synonyms
∞
2.9
A person who leads and shapes the creative parts of a film, play, or concert
4
4.1
A person who leads actors and shapes how a play looks and feels
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents are frequent and their meanings compose straightforwardly: 'stage' specifies the theatrical setting and 'director' denotes the person who leads/directs. The compound follows a common noun + noun specialization pattern (director of the stage), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Stage director: The name stage director comes from the theatre: a person who stands by the stage and 'directs' the actors' movements and speech. That's why it means 'a person who supervises the actors and directs the action'.