staˈging noun

1. Scaffolding
2. Stagecoaching
3. Putting on the stage
4. The jettisoning of any of the stages of a rocket

staˈgy or staˈgey adjective

1. Savouring of the stage, acted, assumed, affected
2. Of a style or level of competence in acting such that the artificiality is apparent

stageˈcoach noun

Formerly, a coach that ran regularly with passengers from stage to stage

stageˈcoaching noun

stageˈcoachman noun

stageˈcraft noun

Skill in the technicalities of the theatre

stage direction noun

In a copy of a play, an instruction to the actor to do this or that

stageˈ-dive intransitive verb

To jump from the stage onto the crowd at a rock concert or similar venue

stageˈ-diver noun

stage door noun

The actors' entrance to a theatre

stage effect noun

Theatrical effect

stage fever noun

A passion to go on the stage

stage flower noun

A flower exhibited on a tiered stand

stage fright noun

Nervousness before an audience, esp for the first time (also figurative)

stage hand noun

A workman employed about the stage

stage horse noun

A stagecoach horse

stage-manˈage transitive verb (back-formation; used lit; also figurative)

To arrange (an event) effectively as if it were a stage scene

stage manager noun

A person who superintends the performance of plays, with general charge behind the curtain

stage name noun

A name assumed professionally by an actor or actress

stage play noun

A play played or intended to be played on a stage, as opposed to on radio or television

stageˈ-player noun

stage rights plural noun

Legal rights to perform a play

stageˈ-struck adjective

Passionate about all things theatrical, esp with a strong desire to act

stage whisper noun

1. An audible utterance conventionally understood by the audience to represent a whisper
2. A loud whisper meant to be heard by people other than the person addressed

staging area or staging base noun

A point for the assembly of troops en route for an operation

staging post noun

A regular point of call on an air route

stage left (or right)

At the left (or right) of the stage, facing the audience