back-cloth star
back-cloth star · back-cloth stars
An actor who stands upstage, forcing the other actors to face him and turn their backs…An actor who stands upstage, forcing the other actors to face him and turn their backs to the audience, in order to draw more attention to himself.
Meaning
1 sensesAn actor who stands upstage, forcing the other actors to face him and turn their backs to the audience, in order to draw more attention to himself.
Forms
plural: back-cloth stars| Singular | back-cloth star |
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