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stage wait
noun
Theater.
- an unintentional pause during a performance, usually caused by a performer's or stagehand's missing a cue.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of stage wait1
First recorded in 1860–65
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A related fault which interferes with suspense is the “stage wait†treated on page 209.
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The act being called, each actor was required to be at his entrance on time; if he should be late and make a "stage wait," the stage manager might reprimand him, and impose a fine.
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One night during the performance there was a stage wait.
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"Now you'd better go on or there'll be a stage wait, and get back to ma as quick as you like."
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“A stage wait, in fact,†put in Clancy, sarcastically.
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