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back-cloth star

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.
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back-cloth starAn actor who stands upstage, forcing the other actors to face him and turn their backs to the audience, in order to gain more attention to himself.
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