Noun
incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
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He, or an assistant, improvised a piano accompaniment at the early rehearsals; he wrote the orchestrations later, after he had seen what Gilbert's stage business would be. Source: Internet
Extras were encouraged to create their own bits of stage business, as long as it didn't draw focus from the primary action of the scene. Source: Internet
Radio can be a good training ground for beginning drama writers as the words written form a much greater part of the finished product; bad lines cannot be obscured with stage business. Source: Internet
For the early stage business, an introduction via a successful company provides credibility. Source: Internet
SFB has Drosselmeyer doing some stage business at half-curtain before full curtain-up. Source: Internet