stagecraft
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- noun
- /ˈsteɪdʒkræft/
- Specialized
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arte teatral
- In her theater class, she learned the fundamentals of stagecraft, including lighting and set design.
I mean, I remember reading something about what makes great politicians, like great politicians are great at stagecraft.
- I mean, I remember reading something about what makes great politicians, like great politicians are great at stagecraft.
Examples
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Such stagecraft is one of the rewards Apple can reap from its $100 billion (and growing) war chest.
Blog text (8) -
To service this growing demand, there is a new technical business for theatrical engineers, who can both design and realize the high technology of stagecraft.
Academic text (2006) -
This amazing stagecraft, it turned the art of pictorial narrative into something much more cogent and subtle and appealing to the emotions.
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Nineteenth-century theatrical memoirs, of course, did tell tales and drop names just as much as their eighteenth-century and modern counterparts, but actors also incorporated elements of their own stagecraft.
Academic text (2018) -
The director praised the students for their impressive stagecraft during the final performance of the play.
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He decided to pursue a career in stagecraft after being inspired by a famous theatrical production.
Synonyms
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Creating and performing plays for an audience
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4.3
Presenting a play with choices about sets, lights, and actors
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The art of writing and making plays for the stage
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4.8
The activity of writing and making plays for the theatre
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To write, produce, and perform plays for the theatre
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Etymology
Stagecraft is a simple combination of stage and craft: stage means 'the platform where actors perform' and craft means 'skill' or 'art', like a 'craftsman'. So, stagecraft is the skill or art of making plays and performances work on stage.