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Definition of Stage-struck
1. Adjective. Infatuated with or enthralled by the theater especially the desire to act.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stage-struck
Literary usage of Stage-struck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
"... and appreciation abound, the talent concealed in this shabby napkin is at once
discovered, and promptly welcomed and honoured.' stage-struck. no ..."
2. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions: Their History, Their Morals, and Effects by Olive Logan (1871)
"The Stage-Struck Heroes of the Midsummer Night's Dream.—Modern Stage-Struck
Youths.—Queer Letters to Managers.—A Girl of " Sixteen Summers, ..."
3. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions: Their History, Their Morals, and Effects by Olive Logan (1871)
"The Stage-Struck Heroes of the Midsummer Night's Dream. ... A Stage-Struck
Philadelphian.—He Appears under an Assumed Name at the Chestnut Street Theatre. ..."
4. Leaves from an Actor's Note-book: With Reminiscences and Chit-chat of the by George Vandenhoff (1860)
"SUMMING-UP—Advice to the stage-struck—A View of the present Condition of the
Stage—The Theatre and its Purposes—Farewell. IN November, 1858, I liad the ..."
5. English Actors from Shakespeare to Macready by Henry Barton Baker (1879)
"... the Old Type—A Backslider—stage-struck—A Richard that would not be Killed—A
Droll-looking Lover—-A Touch of Romance—Tate Wilkinson's Opinion of him—The ..."
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