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stage-manager
One whose office it is to superintend the production and performance of a play, and to regulate the arrangements of the stage. In mod. usage, restricted to mean: one who is in charge of the technical side of a production (see quot. 1961). Also transf. and fig.
1805R. W. Elliston Let. 20 July in G. Raymond Life & Enterprises of Robert William Elliston, Comedian (1857) i. ii. 113 If to my office, as stage-manager, the term officious be applied. 1817J. A. Williams Mem. Kemble 21 His appointment to the situation of stage manager..in 1788. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. iii. vii, The World shall see one other Historical Scene; and so singular a man as Loménie de Brienne still the Stage-manager there. 1885Jerome On the Stage 35, I don't know why stage managers are always surly, but they are. 1905G. B. Shaw Let. in Times 3 July 8/2 My language was fairly moderate considering..the respectful ignorance of the dramatic points of the score exhibited by the conductor and the stage manager—if there is such a functionary at Covent Garden. 1906E. Dyson Fact'ry Ands x. 121 Every woman in an astonishing frock is at heart a stage-manager. 1961Bowman & Ball Theatre Lang. 349 Stage manager,..the head of the production staff, who assists the stage director, during rehearsals, in technical matters.., and who, once the production opens, takes complete charge of the stage, the actors.., and the crews. 1982S. Brett Murder Unprompted ii. 21 The Stage Manager's calming voice came over the loudspeaker, ‘Beginners, Act One, please.’
Hence as v. trans., to stage-manage (rare); stage-manageress, a female stage-manager; stage-managership, the post of stage-manager.
1817Coleridge Let. to J. Murray Lett. (1895) 667 Mr. Dibdin..was likewise removed from the stage-managership. 1900Beerbohm Let. 11 Dec. (1964) 138 As stage-manageress she has been adsolutely intelligent and sweet and charming. 1902G. B. Shaw Let. 9 Aug. (1972) II. 281 It is..very important to get the last scene well stage managered, with a big surging crowd. 1926E. F. Crosse Let. in Times 13 Apr. 15/5 There was no shyness and the stage manageress explained to me all details. |
