scene-shiftern.
/ˈsiːnˌʃɪftə/, U.S. /ˈsinˌʃɪftər/ A person employed by a theatre to set out and remove scenery and theatrical props, esp. for scene changes during a performance. Also figurative.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > people concerned with theatrical productions > [noun] > person in charge of scenery > scene-shifter
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1724 Universal Jrnl. 4 Mar. 2/1 Mr. Fawks conjured a full half Hour, without the Assistance of one Scene Shifter.
1799 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 284 Oh this strange..scene-shifter, Death!—that giddies one with insecurity.
1851 W. K. Northall Before & Behind Curtain 117 Carpenters, scene-shifters, gas-men, dressers and super-numeraries, all partook of the general joy.
1887 ‘E. Lyall’ Knight-errant II. i. 27 Behind the scenes the very scene-shifters and carpenters were eager to congratulate him.
1903 R. Gower Rec. & Reminisc. 92 When once the Great Scene-Shifter has made his final call, which none can disobey.
1957 L. Durrell Justine ii. 102 Quick as a scene-shifter the station packs away advertisement after advertisement.
1978 Lancashire Life Apr. 35/3 A saviour came in the shape of little Alfie Gee—part-time electrician and scene-shifter... ‘Shuffle off the stage sideways,’ he whispered, ‘and don't drop it, man.’
2010 S. Fry Fry Chrons. 215 He agreed one day to read a script presented to him by a lowly BBC scene-shifter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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