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Definition of Stage set
1. Noun. Representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production. "The sets were meticulously authentic"
Group relationships: Mise En Scene, Setting, Stage Setting
Generic synonyms: Representation
Specialized synonyms: Scene, Scenery
Terms within: Set Decoration
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stage Set
Literary usage of Stage set
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Short Stories in the Making: A Writers' and Students' Introduction to the by Robert Wilson Neal (1914)
"For on the stage, the stage-set is actually before the eye throughout the action;
when the hero's manly foot approaches the verge of the cliff, ..."
2. Short Stories in the Making: A Writers' and Students' Introduction to the by Robert Wilson Neal (1914)
"For on the stage, the stage-set is actually before the eye throughout the action;
when the hero's manly foot approaches the verge of the cliff, ..."
3. Alison and Peter Smithson: From the House of the Future to a House of Today by Dirk van den Heuvel, Peter Smithson, Max Risselada, Beatriz Colomina (2004)
"Or a theatrical stage set where fantasies of the future are scrutinised by an
ever-curious constantly watching audience? Despite the fact that the presumed ..."