stagecraft.
The skills of the theater.
Meaning & usage
The skills of the theater.
To be a professional actor you need to learn stagecraft.
A specific skill of the theater.
Lighting is a very technical stagecraft.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English stage Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Old English -cræft Middle English -craft English -craft English stagecraft From stage + -craft.
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