Origin of stage business

First recorded in 1815–25

Example sentences from the Web for stage business

  • The children's acting, in the sense of gesture and stage-business, is very likely to be stiff and artificial.

    Literature in the Elementary School |Porter Lander MacClintock
  • For purposes of indicating the pantomimic action of the play, the dramatist resorts to stage-business and stage-direction.

    Contemporary One-Act Plays |Sir James M. Barrie