stage-stricken

English

Etymology

From stage +‎ stricken.

Adjective

stage-stricken (comparative more stage-stricken, superlative most stage-stricken)

1. (theater, rare) Synonym of stagestruck
   • 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Mr. Mervyn in His Inn”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 36:

     [T]hey entertained themselves [...] with a recitation by plump little stage-stricken Ensign Puddock, who, in "thpite of hith lithp," gave rather spirited imitations of some of the players— [...]