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stage
1. the platform in a theatre where actors perform
2. the. the theatre as a profession
3. short for stagecoach
4. Brit a division of a bus route for which there is a fixed fare
5. any of the various distinct periods of growth or development in the life of an organism, esp an insect
6. the organism itself at such a period of growth
7. a small stratigraphical unit; a subdivision of a rock series or system
8. the platform on a microscope on which the specimen is mounted for examination
9. Electronics a part of a complex circuit, esp one of a number of transistors with the associated elements required to amplify a signal in an amplifier
10. a university subject studied for one academic year


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[73] THOSE who care for the history of the drama as a branch of literature, or for the history of that general development of human manners of which the stage has been always an element and a very lively measure or index, will be grateful to Mr.
An orchestra of yellow silk women and bald-headed men on an elevated stage near the centre of a great green-hued hall, played a popular waltz.
Then by degrees the churches grew too small to hold the great crowds of people who wished to see the plays, and so they were acted outside the church door in the churchyard, on a stage built level with the steps.
 
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