Performer’s fear

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Stage Fright ( 1989 ) is an independent feature film produced and directed by Brad Mays and written by Stanley Keyes . It was director Mays' debut film, and it had its premier screening at the 1989 Berlin International Film Festival under the auspices of ...

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noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But then, she recalled wryly, nor had stage fright . ▪ Den suffered terribly from stage fright and had some real moments of crisis which of course never showed from the front. ▪ Early attacks of stage fright were cured by a thimbleful ...

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n. (context uncountable English) A state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people, on or off of a stage; nerves; uncertainty; a lack of self-assurance before an audience.