What does stage-manager mean?

stage-manager

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English

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"The Public are reſpectfully informed that Mr Banniſter is appointed Stage-Manager, and Mr. Kelly to ſuperintend the Muſical Department."
"He became stage-manager of a State-subsidised national theatre organisation, in the days when mixed casts could still play to mixed audiences."
"She was a teacher who became a stage-manager before she finally agreed to marry him."

stage-managers (plural)

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