stagecraft

English

Etymology

• 1880
• stage +‎ craft.

Noun

stagecraft (usually uncountable, plural stagecrafts)

1. (uncountable) The skills of the theater.

   To be a professional actor you need to learn stagecraft.

   • 2021 September 25, Kitty Empire, “Róisín Murphy review – a triumphant dancefloor workout”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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

2. (countable) A specific skill of the theater.

   Lighting is a very technical stagecraft.

Translations

skills of the theater

• German: Bühnenkunst f, schauspielerisches Handwerk n, schauspielerisches Können n
• Hungarian: színpadi gyakorlat

specific skill of the theater

• Hungarian: színpadtechnika (hu), színpadi mesterség