Definition of "stage-setting" [stage-setting]

• Arrangement of scenery and property upon the stage of a theater. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Many of the fulminations on this thread sound like stage-setting for more of thesame."
• "Designed by Frederic Schwartz Architects, it is modest compared with the memorial and stage-setting at Ground Zero, but achieves an elegant quietness because of that, and perhaps because of its physical distance from lower Manhattan."
• "In contrast to part 1, which was a ponderous exercise in stage-setting and dramatic incipience, this film, directed by David Yates and adapted by Steve Kloves, is a climax worthy of the term."