stage effect
noun
a highly spectacular or artificial device or means, especially for attracting attention.
Origin of stage effect
First recorded in 1785–95
Words nearby stage effect
stage brace,
stage business,
stage direction,
stage director,
stage door,
stage effect,
stage fright,
stage left,
stage manager,
stage pocket,
stage right
Example sentences from the Web for stage effect
Though the humour was often prepared, the construction showed a rare mastery of stage-effect.
Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (of 2) |Frank HarrisOthello is probably the character best adapted to stage-effect, and Kean has an uninterrupted power over us in playing it.
The Oxford Book of American Essays |VariousIn his Plaideurs there is more of humour and stage-effect than of wit.
British Dictionary definitions for stage effect
stage effect
noun
a special effect created on the stage by lighting, sound, etc