单词 | to go on the stage |
释义 | > as lemmasto go on the stage b. In generalized use, e.g. to go on the stage, i.e. to take up the profession of an actor. Hence (chiefly with the), the theatre, the acted drama, the dramatic profession. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [noun] stage1589 living theatre1926 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xi. 20 There were also Poets that wrote onely for the stage, I meane playes and interludes. 1623 B. Jonson in W. Shakespeare Comedies, Hist. & Trag. sig. A4v Shine forth, thou Starre of Poets, and with rage, Or influence, chide, or cheere the drooping Stage. 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. ii Shakespear who Created the Stage among us. 1743 A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) i. 54 Bays, form'd by nature Stage and Town to bless, And act, and be, a Coxcomb with success. 1743 A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) iii. 128 And a new C—r shall the stage adorn. 1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 685 Books..in which the stage gives vice a blow. 1823 C. Lamb Artific. Comedy in Elia 323 The artificial Comedy, or Comedy of manners, is quite extinct on our stage. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. iv. 34 The stage has its traditional jewels as the Crown and all great families have. 1886 A. Sergeant No Saint I. xii. 229 If he had gone on the stage he would have made a good actor. < as lemmas |
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