Meanings
nounstagecraft (usually uncountable, plural stagecrafts)
plural stagecrafts
- uncountableusuallyThe skills of the theater.
To be a professional actor you need to learn stagecraft.
1 more example
For all the costume changes and the stagecraft – the gig starts with a camera crew following Murphy backstage – these are not the show’s most memorable takeaways. It’s the music
2021 September 25, Kitty Empire, “Róisín Murphy review – a triumphant dancefloor workout”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023
Origin
- Englishstage
- Proto-Germanic*krafjaną
- Proto-Germanic*kraftuz
- Proto-West Germanic*kraftu
- Old Englishcræft
- Englishstagecraft
Translations
German Bühnenkunst, schauspielerisches Handwerk
- Bühnenkunstskills of the theater
- schauspielerisches Handwerkskills of the theater
- schauspielerisches Könnenskills of the theater
Hungarian színpadi gyakorlat, színpadtechnika
- színpadi gyakorlatskills of the theater
- színpadtechnikaspecific skill of the theater
- színpadi mesterségspecific skill of the theater
Cite this entry
APA
stagecraft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stagecraft
MLA
“stagecraft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stagecraft. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stagecraft,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stagecraft.
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