stagewright

Here, thinking of quite other things, I had stumbled on the solution, or perhaps I should rather say (in stagewright phrase) the Curtain or final Tableau of a story conceived long before on the moors between Pitlochry and

Essays in the Art of Writing Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

I hastened to a masquerade warehouse, where, with the help of an ingenious stagewright artificer, I disguised myself into a most thorough-paced-looking cut - throat, and then waited the return of my friend Beppo with the most perfect confidence. "

My Novel — Volume 12 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

I hastened to a masquerade warehouse, where, with the help of an ingenious stagewright artificer, I disguised myself into a most thorough-paced-looking cut-throat, and then waited the return of my friend Beppo with the most perfect confidence. "

My Novel — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838