1) a set of actors in a play (cast)
2) a person who helps actors and actresses to dress for the stage (dresser)
3) one in which the actors or plays are changed regularly (repertory)
4) (in a theatre) the raised structure on which the actors appear; a point, period or step in development; a journey, distance, between two stopping-places along a road or route (stage)
(Latin) a list of characters in a drama e.g. listed in the text or in a theatre programme
actors in performance
a company of actors, members of a circus etc
company
